Hi, this is Jody Moore from Bold New Mom and you are listening to Navi Clips episode number 19.

Hi there, welcome, thanks for tuning in. I'm back.

Last week I did not post a podcast and I apologize to you for that. I thought I was going to be able to get it in, but it didn't happen.

But I'm back this week and really excited to be talking to you about this topic, which is the future.

We've been talking about so far in the last three episodes. I've talked about the past, the present, and now we're going to talk about the future.

So if you missed number 17 and 18, go back and listen to them because these all kind of go together.

All right, the future. One of my favorite things to think about is the future, but I got to tell you it hasn't always been this way.

I want you to think for a minute about what you think of the future. Do you think about the future and feel excited and hopeful and positive?

Or do you have some fear and some worry? Or do you think about the future at all?

Many people don't think about the future at least not very much. I know I have been through many phases in my life where I really didn't.

And I'll elaborate on that in just a moment.

There's probably also different feelings that come up in different areas of your life.

When you think about the future as it relates to jobs and careers or your family or money or your personal goals.

Which things do you get excited about? Which ones bring up fear for you and worry?

I want to back up and talk about what happens as children.

As children, we tend to be very future focused. Right? We want to be more grown up. We can't wait for Christmas or our birthdays or whatever's coming up.

I remember as a child always looking forward to something that was in the future.

Especially as I got a little older and started to become a teenager. I couldn't wait to be old enough to go to dances and to start dating and to start driving and then to go away to college.

I have a couple of nephews who are 12 years old and they're just starting to really experience that.

They don't want to sit at the kid table at dinner. They want to sit at the adult table. They want to be more grown up and they're looking forward to the future.

Now, that's okay. Right? It's normal. I think a lot of kids go through that.

But we want to be careful that when we're looking to the future with excitement that we're not doing it at the expense of the present moment.

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