#Mental Pillar…
In recent years, I have learnt to live my life by the motto "expect the best, prepare for the worst". Life can be hard and challenging moments are inevitable. Expecting hardship mentally prepares me for those next hurdles and allows me to develop strengths to overcome them.
“Ask yourself what the worse-case scenario is in any given situation, then train yourself to react to this worst-case scenario if it happens” - Ikigai: The Japanese secret to a long and happy life (highly recommend this read BTW).
In saying that, it’s important that I not worry / stress about the worst until it’s actually happened (work in progress…). I spend so much time stressing about what could happen that, when it does happen (which, let’s be honest, it rarely does), I have exhausted my capacity to actually deal with it. CAN’T DEAL. Literally.
“I've had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened” - Mark Twain
A video my ever-supportive husband shared with me recently:
With that, I leave you with:
“Trust the process; life has a funny way of working itself out”
- Salty
Oh oh or “don’t spend a lot of time imaging the worst-case scenario. It rarely goes down as you imagine it will, and if by some fluke it does, you will have lived it twice”
I like: “instead of imagining worst case scenarios, I visualise best case scenarios. Instead of avoiding my fears, I find a reason to be excited despite my fear”
Also I am terrible at this and dramatise everything 🤣🥹