There is a thing that almost all of us do, that destroys our happiness and makes it impossible for us to enjoy the moment: living in the past.
We tend to get stuck in our past, always overthinking our actions and mistakes, wondering what would our lives be like if we could change our past. The thing is, we can’t change what’s done and there’s no reason to always go back to those times.
The best thing we can do is to live in the moment and hope for a better future. I know it’s not easy to do that, so here are the steps you have to follow to move on and step into your present.
Step 1
Bring your hatred to it’s culmination point. It probably sound weird, but it is extremely important to have negative feelings towards something to the point where we don’t feel anything at all, in order to move on. You have to fall before you get up. Avoiding a problem won’t solve it, you have to be in a fight with yourself first if you want to heal.
Step 2
Treat yourself as much as you can! Allow yourself to do things you’ve always wanted, buy books, clothes, material, superficial things. Although they only bring a short time happiness, they are important in forming a new, positive attitude towards life.
Step 3
Rehabilitate your talents. Remind yourself what are the things that you do best and start putting them in practice. If you do the things you’re good at, your self-esteem will grow and you’ll be able to enjoy your life and live in the present.
Step 4
Admire and get inspired. At first, it will be complicated. You will be cynical and you will criticize yourself. But in time you’ll notice that you’ll be able to appreciate the beauty of your life and you’ll become the best version of yourself.
Step 5
It’s your time to shine! If you don’t want all your effort to be in vain, it’s necessary that you do at least one thing that you wouldn’t normally do, you’ll have to be brave. Break your limits and change you daily routine. This way, you’ll be happy in the present you created yourself.
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@jwolf you are awesome.A good ideal post can change ones life.This post is absolute example of it.I very happy to know this tips.It will help in my near future.Thank you @jwolf
I let my past dictate my future to much but over the last year I have managed to start putting bit by bit where it belongs, in the past and not dwell on it :)
wow, great topic to read on Sunday afternoon, leave the past and live the present to project towards the future we dream, I believe that the past keeps us tied to the extent that we do not try to win the battle, it is a struggle where the barracks are our thoughts, if we manage to master them, we will be able to let go of the past and stop thinking about mistakes and give way to the opportunities that the present gives us ... take advantage of the gifts that we naturally bring with us and advance along the way of happiness with everyone and their stumbles, because as you point out, to know that we can get up we should have suffered the fall. .. resilience
delighted with your posts @jwolf thank you for selecting such precious material.
Nice post. I definitely agree with what you are saying. But to be fair, we can also add, stop living in your future.
Because when we don't think about the mistakes of the past, we start to think about what will happen in the future.
"Will I do well in that job interview next week?"
"Is my coin going to moon this year?"
"Will I live a decent life once I retire?"
As humans we forget more and more to live in the present. We are in the past or in future, but less and less in the now. And that is not good. That is not good at all.
Thank you!
Thanks for the interesting post.Our past mistakes and failures are great lessons for us to learn from. instead of glancing on their mistakes and moving on, most people dwell on it too much. Our emotions affect how we think and act
Thanks for reading it!
@jwolf...... That's a great blog post. Your thinking is just awesome. Becomeing better life your steps are so effective. Love and respect 100%your articles. To shine in life I want to maintain this. Thanks a lot....no say to resteem and upvoted.
Realmente inspirador tu post, @jwolf. Muchas veces cargamos ese pasado como si fuera un saco encima de nuestros hombros y que no nos deja crecer, dar un paso adelante. El presente es una nueva oportunidad para hacer las cosas distintas y mejores. Gracias por tus consejos.
So agree with your wise words. So often other people that have accomplished the things I desire to do are worth emulating. 🐓🐓
That is really an inspiration for me.Thanks, brother @jwolf
Some very good steps there. Being kind and loving yourself is definitely a major step in moving forward with your life. It is also important to work of all your anger just like you said.
great tist...
i appreciate your post..
life is very nice.
past and present....
Much needed, well done sir
I agree with all you wrote.
What do you think about adding #6. Read books. This will open the mind and will show others different experiences?
Thanks for sharing.
these are great steps and it is so true. But, one of the jokes I always say is that I live in the past because that's where all the glory is. I point out that my college won the football championship in 1948. They haven't since lol
Good post - I think im guilty of this at times. Always revisiting things that I used to be interested in rather than living in the now. I just turned 30 so at times I want to live in my past :P
Finally the post for me.
As a professional who has been living in the past for too long, I can tell you it kills opportunities for you to develop in the future.
So to people who are living in the past, take my advice and follow these steps, because they do work and I’ve tried some of them.
And thank you @jwolf for trying to raise awareness of this problem.
Well will try to follow these steps and hopefully it will work to overcome :)
past will only stop us from achieving new heights but we should only learn from our mistakes
past is just like a lesson to learn and impliment.so if u have a bad past you can achive a good future.if u have learned from your mistakes.