Spending time thinking about the future or the past

This is a response to the Bloganuary January 5 prompt:

Daily writing prompt
Do you spend more time thinking about the future or the past? Why?

I guess it is about 50/50.

I don’t usually actively think about the past, unless I am triggered by something. For example, I would look into the past to make an informed decision in projects. Or when Google photos shows me highlights from the past, which would make me think of the good old times.

I feel I would tend to think of the future a bit more than the past. Thinking or worrying about the impact of my actions, or inactions. There are some bits of perfectionism in me.

Though I’m thinking or hoping to change that via blogging here. Just blog in the moment. Don’t overthink about the past or the future. Just blog it, one post at a time.

If something goes wrong, we can edit the post, or make another post to explain it.

This is like what we say in coding. Shipped code is better than perfect code that never get shipped. A published post is better than a perfect post that never get published.

Don’t overthink it. Just ship it. Just blog it.

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