First, you’re not alone. Second, get off of social media for 24 hours and DO NOT go about your day as you normally would. Disturb your schedule, your routine, and break what quite possibly might have become your “life on auto pilot”. These next 24 hours are going to be for awareness and actualizing. Here we go.

So what?

So what your Facebook feed is full of engagement and baby notifications? So what that friend from college with the VP title just added you on Linkedin? So what your neighbor just got that Tesla you’ve had on your vision board for 4 years? So what your cousin just got their book published? So what, so what, so what? What does any of that have to do with YOUR life? Comparison is a real snake. A scamming backstabber. Comparing will always make you think that there’s something to get out of pitting yourself against other people, but there’s not. So stop it. Today is not the day for that.

The reality is…

that your life IS moving forward. You’re not dead yet. Every day that you wake up breathing and thinking on your own is progress. I very personally know that depression and anxiety can twist this reality, but it doesn’t change these facts. Unless you find a way to do some freaky travel back in time shit, you 👏 are 👏 always 👏 moving 👏 forward. And movement is life.

Now that you’ve disrupted your usual Facebook scrolling, judging, and self-shaming, let’s disrupt your “life plan”. We all have one. Even if we laugh at the “where do you want to be in 5 years” question, deep inside our brains, we’ve all considered the future. And if we try to apply our short of 20/20 vision to our life plan, ambitions can seem quite haunting. Looking forward rarely makes us feel closer to where we want to be. Look behind you though and what do you see? The direction you reflect your eyes might matter.

While seeing 20/20 gives us strength to put our boots on the ground, seeing 20/20 24/7 isn’t real life. Which means, we have to act even when we can’t see clearly. We’re all operating under the same optical impairments. The neighbor with the Tesla and the cousin with the publishing deal. All of us.

Now what?

Ok, so all of this “awareness” fluff only took an hour out of your now very uncuffed day. Great! Because now you have 23 hours to “get shit done” (said in a Negan-esk candor… I really hope you watch The Walking Dead). Here’s my list of tasks I run through when I’m reevaluating my position in my master life plan.

What skills do I need to be utilizing daily or risk losing? Do those things.

What rituals open my mind to new ideas that will push me forward? Do those things.

What am I doing daily that doesn’t help me get to where I want to be? Don’t do those things.

What can I prepare for today that will elevate me tomorrow? Do those things.

Repeat this everyday. Tweek it if you need to. It’s time to get moving. Don’t slow down. But maybe slow down on the social media. It’ll help, I promise.