There's a saying that just because you've spent a long time making a mistake

doesn't mean you need to continue making it.

There's an incredible advantage in life for those who can separate past and future.

Who can recognize sunk costs and walk away, walk away from the past, move on to new things.

But here's the challenge, right? Like so many things our instinct is to preserve.

It's, yeah, but I've invested so many years. I've spent X amount of dollars and maybe

I don't like where I'm at, but look how long it's taken me to get here. Well, here's the reality.

That time is gone. That money is not coming back no matter what you do or what direction you take from here on out.

There's no reason to think you have to maintain the same trajectory or hold on to a specific identity or pattern of behavior.

Yesterday isn't the focal point here. The goal is simpler.

What matters now and how will you get there now?

You've grown, you've evolved, you've changed, and your targets have shifted, so why shouldn't you?

The idea of sunk cost is so important because it's essentially realizing that you're not indebted to the resources you've spent or exhausted.

There's no need to be a slave to previous decisions that you've made. No, just chalk it up as an integral step in your learning process,

an aspect of growth, and move forward to what matters, to what you care about.

If that seems obvious, I challenge you to think about the decisions you've made over the last

year, and I guarantee you you've let

factors affect your decision making that are irrelevant to your goals because we

feel this camaraderie with yesterday like there's a debt to be paid but man life

is too short to run in place if it's not pushing you forward drop it if it's not pushing you forward, drop it. If it's not what you need, forget it.

In other words, don't be one of those people that wakes up and makes the same mistake every single day

because you've spent a long time making it. See, reality only exists in your your head and that's why it's beautiful.

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