Ha Time!

Do you spend more time thinking about the future or the past? Why?

I do spend time reflecting. I enjoy watching history docs and reading people’s memoirs. I like back stories and often feel inspired by the stories of others who lived years or decades or centuries before me. I guess as I look for inspiration, I often find it in the past.

History, fashion, they do repeat themselves. Many cool trends are reinvented spins on trends from other eras. I love art from long ago. I like old movies. I love old music from many genres and years. Frank Sinatra, Janis Joplin, Tom Petty. I enjoy opera and classic literature. Art of all forms, has a rich and varied past.

At the same time, I like the concept of intentioning my personal future. I am one of those dreamer types who drive themselves (and maybe a few others) crazy with grand ideas.

I wonder why we didn’t get the option of an obvious third choice? I may struggle to focus my attention here, but this is where I spend my time. Now. The present. We all do. Whether I am reflecting or projecting I’m doing it in my now and I dearly want it to think about and give my attention to what is happening as it’s happening.

Which is comically so hard! Moments tick by quickly. Distractions keep multiplying. Life has sped up!

I wonder if I don’t have a clear answer. I guess I divide my time differently depending on the day. I aim to be present, which just means that I aim to pay attention and think and feel and be aware of what is happening now. And now and now. Luckily for me, there keeps being new chances to try for that.

While mining the past and feeling out my intentions for the future. I might as well know what I want, I might as well let that drive me. I might as well spend time thinking about all three because how else will I know?