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Are You Living in the Past?

Do you struggle to rise above any life challenges that come your way? Maybe you’ve gone from having plenty of money and a big house to living from paycheck to paycheck in a small apartment. Or perhaps you’ve experienced the loss of a relationship that devastated you, but you’ve been able to bounce back and continue to live the life of your dreams.  However, if you find yourself feeling stuck looking back wistfully to earlier years and wishing things could have remained “that way,” you’re probably living in the past.   If you notice you still suffer a lot of emotional pain over an upsetting event you experienced long ago, you might be stuck in your history and unable to move forward.  Although some would argue, “What’s so bad about living in the past,” the fact is that doing so means the present—your reality—is flying by without you grabbing on to it to move forward and achieve your life aspirations.  You’re living in the past if:   1.      You think every day about some aspec