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Blast From The Past: January 7, 2020

Tue Jan 7 19:39:37 MST 2020 Let’s talk about today than shall we? I’d like to think it would be a nice moment in time if we could simply get along with everything that happens in this life, yet I doubt it will. It’s a shame if you think about it. A real shame. But what are you going to do with any of it? No one knows exactly. So here we sit waiting for something better to come along, hoping for something to happen and allowing us to actually see what is real and what isn’t.

Sometimes You Have to Think

 There are times in life where you have to stop and think for a moment. There's no wrong or right reason to the thinking; you just have to think things through. If you think you're in danger, check it out. If someone tries to kill you, you try and kill them right back. That kind of thing. There's nothing wrong with thinking about what you should do next. Sometimes you have to plan ahead in order to actually get to the next level of life.

If you find you're unable to think, well that's a different story. You can't do anything about something you can't think about. Memorizing lists of things doesn't quite help in this situation either, so don't try it. Having a good outline for what you want to accomplish is all you need to figure out things. If you still can't think things through after doing all that, give it a rest for a day or so; you'll be able to figure out what you want to do eventually.

Overthinking can happen too. That's when your brain just goes on overload and you don't have a clue what to do about any of it. So, what do you do next? Whatever you feel like. If you have a way to calm your brain down after overthinking, do it. You'll be grateful you did.

Think before you act.

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