Big plans and anxiety

Do you have big plans for the year?

Are they so big that you wonder how you’ll get it all done?

I find that, sometimes, I have a habit of wanting to “protect” my future-self from situations.

Almost as though I think that person won’t exhibit the same levels of strength, capability, intellect and resolve as the today-me does.

Almost as though I’ve forgotten that, providing a daily discipline of growth and personal development continues, the opposite will in fact be true.

Perhaps this sounds familiar to you.

Here’s what Marcus had to say on the matter:

“Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.” - Marcus Aurelius

Don’t protect the future-you. He/she is, if you’re growing, going to be much more capable than you are to meet the challenges ahead.

The best we can do is do the best we can do, and tee up great opportunities for that strong person to sink their teeth into with strength you can only imagine today.