State Change

“Earlier this week I read a line that stood out to me, “Your goal in life should be to reduce the amount of time it takes you to get out of a bad state.”

The ability to bounce back quickly is a key skill in life. 

My wife once told me, “When you’re five, you can be mad for a day. When you’re ten, you can be mad for an hour. By the time you’re thirty, you get ten minutes—and then you have to move on.” 

Life is full of moments of frustration and disappointment. Growth and maturity is learning to pull yourself out of a bad state faster.” -James Clear

To fix what’s bugging you, chances are you don’t need to do something big like move to a different state.

You just need a state change.

Go for a run, meditate, pray, take a nap, get some ice cream, do some push ups, recite your favorite mantra, read some poetry, take a cold shower, call a friend, do a random act of kindness, etc…Whatever. Just do something, anything, that shifts your focus. That gets you out of that negative state of mind and back on track, doing what you want to be doing.

Age and experience bring the tools to accomplish this state change. As well as the knowledge that you can make the change much faster than you think.