Mel Robbins argues that life isn't fair, but you can choose to change anyway. No one forces you to stay the same in your job, relationships, or mindset. The most important decision is getting serious about who you want to become and committing to it daily.
You can't change what happened, but you can change what happens next. You know, I hate that saying, "Everything happens for a reason." I don't think that's true because I believe there are terrible things that happen to you in life that you don't deserve. Life is very unfair. It is cruel. The saying that I prefer is, "Everything doesn't happen for a reason. You find a reason to move forward despite what happened. And how do you move forward? You look for the lessons. You look for the things that this experience taught you. You tap into this strength. One of the things that I love about life is that at any moment you can decide that you don't want to spend the rest of your life as this version of you. I want you to just stop and really consider that. You don't have to spend the rest of your life as this version of you. And so if you've ever said to yourself, like I've said to myself, this is not how I wanna live for the rest of my life, and you meant it, I'm proud of you. That takes a lot of clarity. That takes a lot of courage because you can't change who you've been in the past. You can't change the things that have happened.. But you absolutely can and you should change what happens next. You get to decide what the narrative is going to be and if you want to rewrite it. You are not stuck as this version of yourself. You're not stuck in this job. You're not stuck in this relationship. You're not stuck in this apartment. You're not stuck in this financial situation. You are not stuck with this mindset. Absolutely everything about your life can be changed by making a decision to change it, by defining what it is exactly that you want to change, and then you put your head down and you pour your time and energy every single day into doing what needs to get done until you become that change. But you can always change what happens next. Next requires you to get serious about what you want and who you want to be and to start protecting your focus on that. And it requires you to stop handing your power away. Let's take it back and let's change the future.
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