http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/do-you-have-glory-day-syndrome/ Strategies for Positive Change Wed, 23 May 2012 08:08:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/do-you-have-glory-day-syndrome/#comment-41430 Jonathan - Advanced Life Skills Mon, 12 Mar 2012 23:37:28 +0000 http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/?p=1625#comment-41430 Hi Mike, I am with you. I may glance in the rear view mirror occasionally, but for the most part I prefer to enjoy the view that is in front of me and watch it unfold into the present. Hi Mike, I am with you. I may glance in the rear view mirror occasionally, but for the most part I prefer to enjoy the view that is in front of me and watch it unfold into the present.

]]> http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/do-you-have-glory-day-syndrome/#comment-41429 Jonathan - Advanced Life Skills Mon, 12 Mar 2012 23:34:22 +0000 http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/?p=1625#comment-41429 Well said Peter, it is a great feeling to look at the future with a sense of optimism. Well said Peter, it is a great feeling to look at the future with a sense of optimism.

]]> http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/do-you-have-glory-day-syndrome/#comment-41428 Jonathan - Advanced Life Skills Mon, 12 Mar 2012 23:32:42 +0000 http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/?p=1625#comment-41428 Hi Kristi, well, I've known you for a few years now and it is obvious to me that your positive attitude has been creating a constant supply of ongoing glory days. That's the way to make life exciting! Hi Kristi, well, I’ve known you for a few years now and it is obvious to me that your positive attitude has been creating a constant supply of ongoing glory days. That’s the way to make life exciting!

]]> http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/do-you-have-glory-day-syndrome/#comment-41427 Jonathan - Advanced Life Skills Mon, 12 Mar 2012 23:29:05 +0000 http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/?p=1625#comment-41427 Hi Anne, I'm with you and my youth was great, but that was then and this is now. I want it all to be glory days. Hi Anne, I’m with you and my youth was great, but that was then and this is now. I want it all to be glory days.

]]> http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/do-you-have-glory-day-syndrome/#comment-41426 Jonathan - Advanced Life Skills Mon, 12 Mar 2012 23:27:13 +0000 http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/?p=1625#comment-41426 Hi Emanuele, I agree that complaining is a nonproductive and self-indulgent exercise in futility, although we have all done it on occasion. For many, life has gotten much harder than they ever imagined and in comparison, the past can seem very appealing. But the reality is, we can change out current situation if we really want to. Every day of life is a precious gift and once it is gone we can't get it back. What a waste to throw it away wishing for something that doesn't exist anymore except in our memories. Hi Emanuele, I agree that complaining is a nonproductive and self-indulgent exercise in futility, although we have all done it on occasion. For many, life has gotten much harder than they ever imagined and in comparison, the past can seem very appealing. But the reality is, we can change out current situation if we really want to. Every day of life is a precious gift and once it is gone we can’t get it back. What a waste to throw it away wishing for something that doesn’t exist anymore except in our memories.

]]> http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/do-you-have-glory-day-syndrome/#comment-41425 Jonathan - Advanced Life Skills Mon, 12 Mar 2012 23:19:00 +0000 http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/?p=1625#comment-41425 Great attitude Galen. Like you, I am full of eager expectation toward whatever comes next that. Memories are great and they certainly give us some meaningful events to reflect on, but I am into NOW. Great attitude Galen. Like you, I am full of eager expectation toward whatever comes next that. Memories are great and they certainly give us some meaningful events to reflect on, but I am into NOW.

]]> http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/do-you-have-glory-day-syndrome/#comment-41417 Anne @ confidence building Mon, 12 Mar 2012 20:06:39 +0000 http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/?p=1625#comment-41417 This post made me feel very good, but not in the way you'd think. You see, I never look back on glory days. I like to live in the future because I think my life is better now than it used to be. This may be because my youth was full of troubled times, but it still made me feel great that I'm living in my glory days! This post made me feel very good, but not in the way you’d think. You see, I never look back on glory days. I like to live in the future because I think my life is better now than it used to be. This may be because my youth was full of troubled times, but it still made me feel great that I’m living in my glory days!
Anne @ confidence building recently posted..Reflect Inward: Build Confidence

]]> http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/do-you-have-glory-day-syndrome/#comment-41305 Emanuele @ Freedom and courage Sat, 10 Mar 2012 15:11:13 +0000 http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/?p=1625#comment-41305 I think that GDS is a form of self-pity. This last is the negative mental sport most practised in the world. There are people who are champions at that. I was quite good at it. Now I play in the championship of respecting myself. I don't complain about something if I can't do anything to make it better. If my past is better than my present and I can't improve my present, I don't waste a word complaining and moaning. After I learned GTD (Getting Things Done by David Allen), I ask myself: "What is the next action now?", and I do it. Feeling bad and doing nothing is to hurt myself and I don't deserve any hurting. I think that GDS is a form of self-pity. This last is the negative mental sport most practised in the world. There are people who are champions at that. I was quite good at it. Now I play in the championship of respecting myself. I don’t complain about something if I can’t do anything to make it better. If my past is better than my present and I can’t improve my present, I don’t waste a word complaining and moaning. After I learned GTD (Getting Things Done by David Allen), I ask myself: “What is the next action now?”, and I do it. Feeling bad and doing nothing is to hurt myself and I don’t deserve any hurting.
Emanuele @ Freedom and courage recently posted..Mar 8, Ambition. Are ambitious people happier?

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