— Oliver Burkeman wrote:
You can't ever be sure the future will go the way you want. But you can usually be sure that when it fails to go the way you want, you'll have the wherewithal to cope.
— Oliver Burkeman wrote:
You can't ever be sure the future will go the way you want. But you can usually be sure that when it fails to go the way you want, you'll have the wherewithal to cope.
Wherewithal to cope
Your future will always be uncertain, unclear and unpredictable. The goal is not to build and lock yourself in a safety box. On the contrary, that’s the best way to make yourself even more vulnerable because you wipe out the only tool you can count on in an emergency situation: your ‘’readiness to react’’. We can’t have full control over what’s happening to us, that’s a fact. Even with the best will in the world, things don’t always go well. Therefore, we must cultivate our readiness to react to unexpected situations. Visualizing yourself resilient and confident in front of a hypothetical difficulty can help you build up your mindset awareness. Spare yourself the complaints and the bad mood, in those moments your energy is everything you have, save it to move forward.