When you look back on your life, do you often experience regret, thinking of things you never did or goals you never accomplished? Many people experience a sense of shame and even anxiety that they “should have been further along by now,” but these self-imposed timelines only harm us.
Many of us create bucket lists, and perhaps you’ve already achieved some of the things on yours. And yet, you feel stuck — you compare yourself to a version of you that doesn’t exist, and this weighs on your relationship with yourself now.
The relentless pace of modern life only adds to this pressure. Interestingly, research shows that one of the most powerful ways to move forward is by taking a moment to look back with intention and compassion, rather than judgment...READ FULL; FROM THE SOURCE.
In a two-part study published in the Journal of Happiness Studies.
