20230129

 recently been into self improvement

revived my interest in buddhism

https://medium.com/meditation-without-mysticism/what-calvin-and-hobbes-taught-me-about-mindfulness-21f707245677

Because your mind is never satisfied with the present moment — it will always need something else. Something needs to be fixed. Something needs to be added or taken away. Something needs to be acquired or achieved.

https://www.thetadprinciple.com/tad-blog/stop-tomorrowing-yourself-to-the-end-of-your-life

Many people argue that being present means you can't plan or have goals. But these people confuse planning with dwelling and ruminating. 

Plan. Take action. Evaluate and adjust. And, do it all mindfully in the only time you can do it - now. 

Your mind perpetuates this cycle. It tells you that happiness, success, and fulfillment lie at some point down the road. When you reach that point, however, you always find your mind has pushed it farther down the road.

You are being led around like a donkey following a carrot that is just out of reach.