3-2-1: On managing expectations, and the importance of trial and error
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3-2-1: On managing expectations, and the importance of trial and error
the more you focus on using time well, the more each day begins to feel like something you have to get through, en route to some calmer, better, more fulfilling point in the future, which never actually arrives.
When I was in my 20’s the two concepts that mattered were, “ me” and “ right now.” As I got older I began to understand the concept of “ others ” and “ the future .” I began to realize that working 24/7 wasn’t my only goal in life.
You have to imagine your own death. When your time comes, what will you regret not doing? What will you wish you had more time to do, and what will have seemed trivial? Think of what you fear losing—those are the things that matter most.
As the Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard wrote: Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.