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“The trouble is you think you have time.” ~Buddha
When I first read this quote after graduating from college, I fell headfirst into a tailspin of “do it now, do it now, do it now.”
I had to travel the world, while doing yoga, and learning Spanish, and hiking the PCT, and living in different cities, and building my resume, and reading every book ever written.
With every check I put next to an item on my bucket list, I found ten new things that pulled me different directions. I tried to do it all and ironically, felt like I got nowhere. I was so frantically searching for my place and planning my next step that I often neglected where I was.
I was trying to protect myself from feeling regret for not having experienced life to its fullest, but I was so busy doing this that I missed a lot on the way.
The reality is that in the present moment there is nothing to protect myself from; it is the safest place to be.
I began to look at the quote from a different perspective.
There are things that I can put on my to do list—take voice lessons, read that book, bake that cake, run more, practice more. There will always be more to do. However, there are also things I can do to live the life I want to live right now: love, let go, be a good frie…