Cheers to the present! We will never be able to tell the future, so why spend the energy worrying about it? In this episode of Thick & Thin, my goal is to stop wasting my time trying to control the narrative, but sometimes the anticipatory anxiety and endless what-ifs, win.

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Sources:

https://victoriaalbina.com/future-tripping-2/

https://ideas.ted.com/why-are-we-so-bad-at-predicting-what-will-happen-to-us-in-the-future/

https://nesslabs.com/end-of-history-illusion

https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/04/science/study-in-science-shows-end-of-history-illusion.html#commentsContainer

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/reality-play/201301/the-end-history-illusion

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