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Bridget Weide Brooks retweeted
Major cheat code for life: Believe you'll figure it out. Then keep working until you do. You don't need to know exactly how you'll get there. You just need enough belief to keep going until you find a way.
Bridget Weide Brooks retweeted
I’m a retired brain surgeon and I wanna tell you why you feel like life is passing by. I just need one minute to explain this to you so hang in there.
Repetitive daily routines stop the brain from recording clear detailed memories. When every day looks the same, your brain does not track time the same as a clock does. It tracks change. If nothing new happens then days, months, and years start to blur together.
This is know as Time compression. When life lacks variety, your brain compresses past days together, making it feel like time is sped up.
To stop feeling like life is passing you by, add new experiences to your life. Break routine habits, like changing your daily home routine, taking a different route to work, or trying a new hobby.
Schedule small trips or plan new adventures so your days do not blend together.
Practice mindfulness by staying fully focused on what you are doing right now and not trying to race off to the next task.
Keep a journal and write down happy memories or memorable parts of the day before you go to sleep.
Take deep, calm breaths when you feel anxious or rushed to return your focus to the moment.
You can and you will retrain your brain to not feel like life is passing you by by following these few simple measures.
Bridget Weide Brooks retweeted
If I could only say one thing to my 20 year old self, it would be this:
Bridget Weide Brooks retweeted
This line from Atomic Habits isn't ready to leave my head:
"It doesn't make sense to continue wanting something if you're not willing to do what it takes to get it. If you don't want to live the lifestyle, then release yourself from the desire. To crave the result but not the process is to guarantee disappointment."
Bridget Weide Brooks retweeted
Underrated life advice: Become generous with your assumptions. Assume they were tired, not rude. Overwhelmed, not careless. Preoccupied, not distant. This doesn’t mean tolerate disrespect. It means stop turning every small moment into a personal attack. Grace makes life lighter.
Bridget Weide Brooks retweeted
A rule that will lower your anxiety: Don’t replay conversations you can’t change, and don’t pre-live ones that haven’t happened. Focus on the next right action. Most stress comes from living everywhere except the present.
Bridget Weide Brooks retweeted
Underrated life advice: Have a place where you go to think. A porch. A trail. A coffee shop. A park bench. Somewhere your mind knows it's time to slow down. Most people spend their lives searching for answers. Few create the conditions for answers to appear.
Bridget Weide Brooks retweeted
A mentor told me this: “Always assume things will work out, then do the work to make it true.” I’ve found the combination creates a quiet confidence that allows you to tolerate uncertainty better than anything else. I’ll never forget that.
Bridget Weide Brooks retweeted
Literally just having a delusional golden retriever mindset measurably changes outcomes and physiology.
Sleep badly? Convince yourself you're well rested.
Stressful day? Convince yourself it's fuel.
Failed? Convince yourself it's useful data.
Bridget Weide Brooks retweeted
Major cheat code for life: Believe that things will work out for you. Not blindly, but through effort. When you expect good things and pair it with action, you start noticing opportunities others miss. Optimism paired with effort is a powerful force.
Bridget Weide Brooks retweeted
A mantra I repeat:
No one is coming to save you.
No one really cares what you do.
It is all up to you.
Bridget Weide Brooks retweeted
Friendly reminder: The goal is not to be impressive for a moment. The goal is to be reliable over time. In work, in friendship, in marriage, in life. Nobody cares about your best day. They care about your average day. Who you are then is who you are. And that's all that matters.
Bridget Weide Brooks retweeted
Major cheat code for life: Don’t mourn the time you've lost, use the time you still have. Most people walk around haunted by a list of things they wish they’d done by now. They tell themselves it’s too late. It’s not. 6 months from now, it can still be a dream, or it can be real.
Bridget Weide Brooks retweeted
Major cheat code for life: Don’t mourn the time you lost, use the time you still have. Most people walk around haunted by a list of things they wish they’d done by now. They tell themselves it’s too late. It’s not. Six months from now, it can still be a wish, or it can be real.
