How to Forget the Past, Live in the Present and Not Think About the Future

How to Forget the Past, Live in the Present and Not Think About the Future

If you spend too much of your time alone, then sooner or later you'll start talking to yourself. Everyone does it and most of us know enough to not let it get the best of who we are. Talking to yourself, or allowing the subconscious to control your every waking moments can become self-defeating. Whose life is it anyway? Yours or your subconscious'?

As best you can, allow yourself to become aware of your surroundings.

Take in the awe of what man and nature has created. Taking time to smell the roses actually is pretty good advice. Who knew your mother would have the final say? Take it from me, I'm an old pro at drudging up the past because for most of my life I've worked alone. I've been my own man. Sounds great except for the fact the 'present' disappears and you find yourself reliving the past for whatever it was worth, or shaping the future on false premises.

Talk to yourself, but not in the same way you did when thinking about the past or trying to create the future.

"Not today, Mr. Past. You're not going to ruin my day once again." Go ahead. Say it. Privately or aloud. Just say it until the words become as much a part of your morning wake up routine as putting on a clean pair of socks.

Did you know that when talking to your subconscious you'll never lose the argument?

Sounds fine if it wasn't for the fact that you're arguing about the most ridiculous things possible, things that can't be changed or haven't yet occurred.

Stop beating yourself up.

Smile. Congratulate yourself for becoming aware of what's going on in your life and having made the decision to change or eliminate it. Walk on the sunny side of the street and quit judging others as if they're books on a shelf and the only way you'll read the book is if it has a nice cover.

If possible get off the meds, always follow the pro medical advice given to you by a doctors and let friends and strangers nurse you back to good health.

Let's face it. The past and future are only a heartbeat away - too close to measure. In fact so close it's easy to see how you can get squeezed from the present without knowing it. The only thing you can control is your present state of mind. Be there, in the moment, and soon you'll appreciate just how lucky others are to know you, in the same way you'll feel about them.