You need to learn to fall in love with the present. The past and future only exist as thought representations in your mind.
Looking into the future, anxiety, doubt, uncertainty, and overthinking bubble up.
Looking into the past, regret, trauma, and learning are to be found.
But none of this exists in the now; our experience of life is made up of moments like this. The moment you read these words. And are present.
Similarly, every day is day one of the rest of your life. Each day offers a chance for a new beginning, a fundamental change, a new possibility. Combined with the acknowledgment of life's finite nature, it's an empowering way to think about the world.
In my life, I aim to minimize the days where I live based on past decisions or future scenarios. Instead, I treat every day as day one of my life, inviting new possibilities into my awareness.
Treating every day as day one is empowering. It can be disorienting, but only in the context of the past. And since the past is gone, why base your life on something that is no longer real?
Every day is day one.