Good morning and welcome to the Increasing Impact podcast. I'm Justin Sua, episode 1847. Life is busy. Sports, busy, work, school. Once again, I understand we're in the summer right now. But if you are pursuing the best version of yourself, it's stressful. It feels like you are chasing the goal and being chased from

by perfection, other competitors, being the best version of yourself. It's stressful. It's very

difficult. And sometimes we can get so caught up in the destination, the destination of where

we're going or we're coming from that we forget to pause

and notice the good that's around us to enjoy the journey.

And it's easier said than done when you're in the middle of it.

I understand that part.

Sometimes you'll look back in your life and you'll say, why didn't I have more

fun? Why didn't I enjoy myself? The reality is because you're so stressed and you're so nervous and you're

so focused in some cases that you didn't even pause to see the good that was around you. The friendships, the ups, the things you're grateful for.

And so my invitation to you today, if you're, if you're journaling, the journal proff for today

is what do you enjoy about the current part of your journey?

What do you enjoy about the current part of your journey? What do you enjoy about this aspect of your journey?

Now, there's a lot of things you may not enjoy, and this might be a particularly

helpful journal prompt if you're going through some tough times because you'll really

have to generate what you can enjoy

because you might be in a stage or a phase of your life where it's hard to enjoy where you currently

are and so this might be the perfect time to do to do this exercise but when you pause and you

able to see the things that you enjoy the only way you're able to do that is to be fully present.

Right here, right now, in the moment.

The only way to enjoy the moment is to be in the moment.

And maybe that exercise, this simple consideration,

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