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The Mindset Mentor

I've Lived More In My Head Than I've Lived In Real Life

The Mindset Mentor

Rob Dial

Mindset, Health & Fitness, Education, Business

4.914.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2026

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever had the fear that one day you’ll look back on your life and realize you were never fully present for it? In this episode, I open up about my own struggle with overthinking, living in psychological time, and constantly being stuck in my head instead of experiencing the moment I’m actually in. I’ll share the simple practices that have helped me reconnect with reality, quiet the mental noise, and truly start living instead of just mentally rehearsing life.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to today's episode of the Mindset Mentor Podcast. I'm your host, Rob Dial. If you have

0:12.4

not yet done so, hit that subscribe button so you never miss another episode. And before we get

0:16.6

into today's episode, I want to tell you about a live Zoom lesson that I'm going to be doing

0:20.6

on June 10th at 7 p.m. Eastern. It's called Break the ceiling. If you've ever felt like you were the one

0:26.2

holding yourself back in your income, your relationships, your health, your happiness, every

0:30.8

area of your life this is for you. I'm going to show you exactly what that ceiling is made of

0:35.4

and what it takes to break through it for good.

0:38.0

Grab your free spot right now at break the ceiling, 26.com.

0:43.0

Once again, break the ceiling, 26.com.

0:46.2

And I'll see you live on that session.

0:48.6

Today, I'm going to be talking about something that honestly scares the shit out of me.

0:53.0

And I don't say that lightly.

0:55.0

Like, there's this fear that's kind of lived inside of me for a few years now. It's the fear that

1:00.9

one day I'm going to get to the end of my life and realize that I was never actually here.

1:07.9

Like physically, my body showed up. I sat at dinners. I went on vacations. I hug people I love.

1:14.7

I built businesses. I walked through airports. I drank coffee. I listen to music. But like mentally,

1:21.6

I was somewhere else throughout my entire life. Thinking about the future, replaying the past, analyzing conversations

1:30.6

that I had had a couple days before, or preparing for problems that never actually even came,

1:37.1

or, you know, trying to optimize every moment of my life instead of actually inhabiting my life.

1:44.8

And so I started realizing something a couple years ago, and it really, really woke me up.

1:50.3

Most people, including myself, don't live in reality.

1:54.6

Most people live in psychological time.

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