“My Rearview Mirror is Broken…

“My rearview mirror is broken, and I don’t intend on fixing it.”

I have spent a good chunk of my college life and adult life after college living in the past. The “good ole days” are great, and I’m fortunate to have “good ole days” to long for…but they set the table for the kind of ruminating on the past that blocks us from the best possible present and future. I had a podcast for YEARS that focused on all the mistakes I made as a young man! I literally farmed my experiences for content and episode prompts! Talk about living in the past…

Energy is our most valuable resource. Money comes and goes, and we make best use of our time when we have the energy to do what we need to do. Focusing on the past drains our energy in a big way, and after A LOT of work, I think I’m in a really good space with my past. Are there things I wish I had done differently? Yes, but those very decisions and situations are the ones that really stick out as the learning moments of my life. However, I don’t need to keep cycling through them over and over. If I’m not careful, I become a prisoner to these old circumstances.

What are you ruminating on? What can’t you let go of? Unpack it, make whatever mess you need to make to sort it out, clean it up, and move forward.