In the middle of it.

I had someone tell me to stop worrying too deep into the future because you’re right in the middle of the journey, and the trip ends up being the funnest part. I have to remind myself of this more times than not because it’s way too difficult to worry about all the minor problems versus focusing on when the work is all done.

There’s a scene in a movie; I think it’s the Click move by Adam Sandler. He gets that one magic remote control, and it turns out he can fast forward to particular moments in time and misses so many moments in his life. Ultimately, Adam Sandler skipped over too many moments with his kids and his wife. His wife eventually leaves him, and he loses many of the crucial moments for his kids. The moral of the story was the same as the saying. While it’s so easy to forget this saying in the future, I’ve been doing an okay job practicing it. I don’t want to worry about the future. Does that make me a bit irresponsible? Absolutely! Will that make me stop being irresponsible after realizing this? Definitely not!

I think it’s time to stop worrying about the result and enjoy the moment for what it is. I can’t have my entire life feel like a car ride home in which you were out of it and forgot how you even got from point A to point B. Especially in these essential times, it’s time to say “fuck it” and live in the moment.