Waiting too long is another common error that leads to lifelong inertia.  Some people wait to have a fantastic retirement.  Their life may not be much right now, but when they retire, they will have a terrific life.  They push the good life into the future until the day they retire.  Although it seems to make sense, it turns out to be a self-deception, and most people don’t figure this out until retirement comes. 

When they retire, they discover they don’t enjoy doing many of the things they put off until they retired.  Windsurfing is an activity that’s best done when you are full of the enthusiasm of youth.  When you are sixty-five years old, windsurfing seems like too much work.  You’re afraid you might hurt yourself, and the aches and pains of a sixty-five year old body steal the wind out of your windsurfing sails.  You can still be a great windsurfer when you’re retired, but you probably won’t want to work that hard at having fun. 

Many activities are more fun when you’re young and healthy.  Arthritis and aspirin aren’t part of your daily routine.  The younger you are when you perform physically demanding activities, the higher the probability you will enjoy them and actually make them happen.

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Zero Tolerance To Negative Thinking : Good-by Depression - Hello Positive Mind

David J Abbott M.D.