Good morning and welcome to the increased impact podcast. I'm just in

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 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? And the reality is

because you're so stressed and you're so nervous and you're so focused in some

cases that you need 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 has your if you're if you're journal, if you're journaling, the

journal prompt for today is what? What do you enjoy about your 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 the 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

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