Your Type Seven EnneaThought for the Day part 1:
The degree to which Sevens are anxious about themselves and their lives is the degree to which their minds race out of control, leading them into a widening circle of unfocused behaviors... They tend to spin out of control trying to realize all of their ideas, in a search for satisfying experiences and happiness. Notice this tendency in yourself today. (Personality Types, 261)
Now considering the gravity of this statement I figured I'd bring the teachings of the Enneagram to my blogpost. Also considering I havent been living up to my self-ascribed 2-a-week rule, this post can serve as a bit of a double entendre.
It's been said a zillion times that life is like a box of chocolates, but where I run into the most problems with that model is when I try to decide what I'd like best to have next, predict what else is in the box, and anticipate the return from investing time and energy in said box of chocolates.
Far too analytical for the massive degree of uncertainty wrapped up in a 22-year-old's future. I'll quote Terminator 3 with "No fate but what we make" and back that up with another apt although slightly cliche phrase from my latest sales manager "if it's up to be, it's up to me".
Anticipation of future potential, or thinking too furiously over any particular event that equates to a pebble in the mythical and metaphorical "jar of life" is dangerous. Can't see the forest for the trees? It's always good to remind myself to step back and enjoy the present moment to the fullest rather than worrying it away.
