Better than what I pictured!!!
Is your life today what you pictured a year ago?
I always count new years from my birthday date. That is my age. What my prompt asks me is, “Is your life today what you pictured a year ago?”. I was 31 a year ago, and I had pictured my life as doomsday. A year ago, it was a very dark and desolate time for me. In terms of health, family, aspirations, and every aspect, I imagined that it would always be like that or worse. And it was not in my imagination. It was a reality of my surroundings and my inner world too. BUT I have this inner zeal that I always rose from the ashes (the credit for that zeal goes to my sanguine blood and profession).
I didn’t say that I wanted a better tomorrow, because that would be disrespectful to the present time. I just started taking action.
and promised myself a mantra that is, ‘If you are uncomfortable with anything in your surroundings or within yourself, rebuild it or tidy it’.
example: once I was sitting on the lawn chair in the backyard, I saw that the plant beds around the house were not pretty (in my eyes), and I gathered the courage to tidy them, even when I knew that I would be scolded by my MIL (my MIL is just particular about certain things.). And I accepted the consequences without getting offended or hurt.
If I was uncomfortable with my toes and nails, I started taking care of them.
I started to finish the unfinished novels, as unfinished work made me uncomfortable.
And that’s what made the difference.
Today is better than what I imagined it to be a year ago.
As a professional psychologist, I want to give you free advice. “Keep your promises in action, not just in your emotions.”.