Yeah totally agree. It’s about striking the balance between focusing on what we can affect, say saving financially and what we cannot.

As for dealing with the past, one way I’ve come to terms with my own regrets actually comes from a Star Trek episode

It’s called Tapestry and the premise is that Captain Picard is offered a chance to go back in time and undo his biggest regret. By doing so he essentially screws up his life and never makes it to Captain of the Enterprise.

At the end he likens life to a piece of tapestry where the frayed edges are our bad decisions and our regrets and by pulling on one of them we will unravel our entire “self”.

Thanks for the social love as well mate. Much appreciated.

It’s funny how such a silly character with an annoying voice on a fun, animated film could speak such wisdom. It’s so true that pining over the past and worrying over the future is a futile waste of time. The only time we should have concern about our future is when we know we are not going down the right path. In other words, if we’re doing something we know we shouldn’t be, or not doing something we know we should, we must make a change or suffer the eventual consequences. But beyond that, it’s really not in our control and therefore not worth the brain energy.

Excellent stuff! Off to tweet it… Eric

Yeah decided to experiment a bit with a condensed post. I think the topic lends itself well here.