[SomeGuy]’s Theory of Life:

I live life by my own set of rules. There are three main principals that I follow. I figured I would share them with you, since I feel extra philosophical today.

Principal One:
Live in the Now:
Live in the Now. If you fret too much about the past, you will end up wasting lots of time wishing you didn’t do things the way you did, and you will continue to make all kinds of mistakes because your mind is set back a few years. You won’t realize what you are doing, and that will just add mistakes you wish you could go back and change. Well, suck it up, and realize you can’t go back and change. You screwed up. Everyone does.

If you keep your mind set on the future, the same result will happen. You will be to concerned for where you are going, and that will keep your mind away from the problems at hand. Also, life will seem shorter to you because you wasted all this time looking to where you want to be, and not seeing what matters currently; what is happening now.

Focus on the time at hand. If you look at what today’s problems are, deal with them quick and the way you think they should, without worry of what may happen later, you will have more time to yourself to do what you want to do, which will affect the future and the past.

Dealing with problems with the mindset of “How will this affect me now?” will help you make fewer mistakes, so you don’t have to mull over mistakes (or at least as many mistakes) that get dumped into the past. Also, having this mindset can help achieve the goals you want easier by allowing you to keep your views of the future clear of what you have to do now.

Now, I’m not saying completely disregard the past/future. Keep your focus spilt into three parts. Not evenly of course. More like:

Past- 20%
Present – 60%
Future – 20%

The past and the future are very important, but remember: What you do now will affect the future, and the past. It only seems logical to focus mainly on the present.

The rest is coming soon. Stay calm, young padawans.