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June 2008 
The elusive tomorrow
Posted on Jun 23rd, 2008
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Marissa
Marissa
Tomorrow. Does it really exist? Or is it only a mindset?
Think about it. Today is the tomorrow of yesterday, and yesterday the tomorrow of the day before. Tomorrow will soon be today and then yesterday. Does anything really exist outside of past and present? The future, even when well planned out, is nothing more then speculation. The past is certain. Whatever happened in the past happened. The present is certain, it's happening this instant. But the future is unpredictable. We can plan for tomorrow all we want, but there could easily be kinks thrown in the plan. The unexpected will get you. It isn't possible for every day to go perfectly because you can't predict the unpredictable.
We say things all the time that make it seem as though tomorrow is something we control.
Tomorrow I will go here and do this and that, it will be done in this order, it will be done at these times. But rarely does this work perfectly, of course perfection is also elusive and an illusion, but that is for another blog.
This is my most common misuse of the word tomorrow: Tomorrow I will start my wieght loss journey. My new eating habits and my exercise regimen. Tomorrow I will eat right, I will hit the gym, I will do all the things I've been meaning to do. I will stop overeating, I will take care of myself. I will loose those 15, 20, 30, 40, 50 + lbs. I will look fabulous. I will be more desireable. I will have an easier time getting a boyfriend. Life will be so much better. This is another illusion, I know in my heart it will change my life, as all journey's of personal improvement do, but it will not necessarily make it "so much better". It will not banish my confidence issues, only reinforce them for the most part. Embaressment concerning my size will be replaced with an obsession of staying thin. It will be different, and in many ways better, but as all things do I'm sure there will be some negative parts. Not that I see that as any sort of deterant. Of course none of this will ever have a chance to happen if I can't get past "tomorrow" and make it "today". The today that is currently tomorrow. Perhaps if I say in three hours, at midnight, my new journey will begin. My resolve will be to follow through with that. And I will not be saying, during the today that is currently tomorrow, at 9PM that "tomorrow" I will begin. But instead when I wake I will say "I am ready to start. This is the first day of the rest of my life. No more tomorrows. The time is now." Yes, this is the plan. Not for tomorrow, but the next today that has yet to be. That day, that is the day I will start, so yes, I again find myself saying "tomorrow" but I have changed my mindset about tomorrow. Seeing it as a today that has yet to occur instead of yet another tomorrow. Perhaps this will make all the difference. I hope it does.
Think about it. Today is the tomorrow of yesterday, and yesterday the tomorrow of the day before. Tomorrow will soon be today and then yesterday. Does anything really exist outside of past and present? The future, even when well planned out, is nothing more then speculation. The past is certain. Whatever happened in the past happened. The present is certain, it's happening this instant. But the future is unpredictable. We can plan for tomorrow all we want, but there could easily be kinks thrown in the plan. The unexpected will get you. It isn't possible for every day to go perfectly because you can't predict the unpredictable.
We say things all the time that make it seem as though tomorrow is something we control.
Tomorrow I will go here and do this and that, it will be done in this order, it will be done at these times. But rarely does this work perfectly, of course perfection is also elusive and an illusion, but that is for another blog.
This is my most common misuse of the word tomorrow: Tomorrow I will start my wieght loss journey. My new eating habits and my exercise regimen. Tomorrow I will eat right, I will hit the gym, I will do all the things I've been meaning to do. I will stop overeating, I will take care of myself. I will loose those 15, 20, 30, 40, 50 + lbs. I will look fabulous. I will be more desireable. I will have an easier time getting a boyfriend. Life will be so much better. This is another illusion, I know in my heart it will change my life, as all journey's of personal improvement do, but it will not necessarily make it "so much better". It will not banish my confidence issues, only reinforce them for the most part. Embaressment concerning my size will be replaced with an obsession of staying thin. It will be different, and in many ways better, but as all things do I'm sure there will be some negative parts. Not that I see that as any sort of deterant. Of course none of this will ever have a chance to happen if I can't get past "tomorrow" and make it "today". The today that is currently tomorrow. Perhaps if I say in three hours, at midnight, my new journey will begin. My resolve will be to follow through with that. And I will not be saying, during the today that is currently tomorrow, at 9PM that "tomorrow" I will begin. But instead when I wake I will say "I am ready to start. This is the first day of the rest of my life. No more tomorrows. The time is now." Yes, this is the plan. Not for tomorrow, but the next today that has yet to be. That day, that is the day I will start, so yes, I again find myself saying "tomorrow" but I have changed my mindset about tomorrow. Seeing it as a today that has yet to occur instead of yet another tomorrow. Perhaps this will make all the difference. I hope it does.
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