I like to be moving forward. Trying not to feel dragged into anything that is not suiting me. The punishment for me not listening to this has been bad in the past and I do not wish to go through anything like that anymore. Going through easy times and we need to be appreciative and enjoy those moments the most. Going through tough times we need to be able to push through the barriers that are preventing us from what we want. Can either end up completed by us? I am trying to do both and am hoping that good things will happen from doing this. We never know what awaits us in the future, but I would say I am optimistic going through this now. The challenge becomes when you get tested on things and when you are not expecting something and it ends up happening throwing you for a loop. I would much rather be tested on the things I am trying to do rather than go for the unpredictable. At least I have some foundation to back myself on if I am being tested. You can never be prepared for the unpredictable. I could study 3 weeks in advance and try to do everything right and something may still prevent me from being able to achieve what I want. At that point if that happens, I laugh and think that life has really won this round. You can only adapt with the unpredictable, not plan. When things get easy, we need to understand we deserve this and that we do not need to feel guilty and should enjoy it. When things get tough, we need to understand that what we are doing may not be working and we either need to take a break and come back to thinking about it. We can also focus on it and try to think of a different approach freeing us from the issue. You just must think about how you would handle it. There is no one way to solve a problem. I could do it my way and you could do it your way. We can end up getting the exact same result feeling proud of ourselves. We may not know the time it took for each of us to complete it, but we would know that we were able to. I am now starting to think of the world as a painting. We do not have unlimited control, but we are able to try to paint the things we want with the colors we want. We can make beautiful things, and we can also create nasty things that do not need to be out there. The tricky part is what do we want to create? At least, what do we want to create today? We know we cannot be nasty to ourselves. That only drives us further apart from our goals. We must know we are worthy of the things we are getting or going after. Never think that you do not deserve something and never think that you must feel guilty to enjoy something. Remember the painting and create the things you want.