Giving up before I’ve begun.

[WeightliftingTherapy]

How do you stay focused on building your future when everything seems so far away? I worry about my future so much I barely enjoy the present. I have so many aspirations but when I think about the mountain of work it takes to get there I often give up before I even try. How do you deal with the stress of life? How can I overcome this overwhelming feeling? How can I assume risk and take a chance when the fear of failure outweighs the potential outcome?

[BlueSky125]

I look at it as the future will happen and it probably will be alot different then i would envision. The more I focus on doing the best I can today with what is in front of me the more options open up in the future. If im mostly focused on the past or future that's when i fell im not able to move forward.

[SirGrits]

I think I struggle with the fear of failure too. But lately I've been trying to "go there", I've been trying to see the fear of failure and go to the fear and try the thing I'm afraid of failing. In so doing I'm trying show myself that the fear passes and/or that the "failure" I fear isn't so bad. It's really a win - win proposition; worst case, I get see that "failure" is totally something that we survive and makes stronger or better still I succeed and realize there was never any reason to fear. The trick is to remember these truths at the point of no return and push through it.Prayers your way.