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anxiety or worry has completely disappeared.

When we feel “off”, we put our lives off. That’s right, you’re waiting on a

feeling.

Life doesn’t work like that. There is no perfect mood. And while you’re

waiting on it to improve and miraculously make your life better eh, guess

what? Your life isn’t getting any better! None of these assertions are going to

make your life easy. Hell, for a while, it’s more than likely to make your life

harder! Nor is it enough to simply internalize them. You need to act on them.

It’s this simple, in order to improve your internal world, you have to start by

taking action in the external world. Get out of your mind, and get out into

your life.

YOU’RE GOING TO DIE

“If I take death into my life, acknowledge it, and

face it squarely, I will free myself from the anxiety of

death and the pettiness of life – and only then will I

be free to become myself.”

- Martin Heidegger

One day, you’re going to die. You’re going to stop breathing, become still,

and cease to exist. You will exit this physical plain. Whether it’s tomorrow or

twenty years from now, it’s going to happen.

We’re all mortal. There’s no escaping it. You might find discomfort in these

words or resist the notion of your demise but if it’s truth you’re after, that’s

the one truth you just cannot argue with. You are going to die.

Imagine that you’re on your death bed. You hear the beep... beep... beep of

the monitor nearby. Your health is critical, and you’ve only got a few hours

to live. You can feel your heartbeat and energy slide.

As you lie there, you start to look back on your life. You never made the

change you wanted. You stayed stuck in that same job, that same

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