Living day by day and just moving with the
flow can be very beneficial. Who wants to
remember the past and all the different issues
and troubles they had to deal with? No one
likes bad times because it is hard and affects
one’s mood and mind in a negative way. All
our pasts are full of bad memories or days and
possibly things we regret and so it is never a
good idea to keep on remembering the past.
Naturally, we possess an innate feature known
as “forgetting”. You might initially think that
this feature is a bad one. However, it actually
helps to forget sometimes. That is because
forgetting includes getting rid of all those bad
moments one goes through in life and in the
past. Moreover, we will always face such
situations because that is part of life that we
need to confront.
Since learning to live in the present moment
and discard the past allows us to have more
hope in life and be more positive, we tend to
like to forget bad occurrences.
1. Avoid Bad Moods
We all have our bad days and moments where
our moods are not the best. Living in the past
tends to bring along a bad mood to individuals,
which then causes negative energy to be
passed on to other people and loved ones
around, which builds a bad and unhealthy
environment – and no one wants that.
2. New Life
Do you ever get caught up in the past, thinking
about bad memories, situations, and/or
problems? This happens to all of us
occasionally, especially when we do something
in the present that has some relation to our
past. It can be really frustrating and saddening
but we need to make sure and fight ourselves
to get rid of such distresses. Therefore, we
need to just forget about the past and “move
on”. There is a known saying that mentions
that: “life goes on”. Achieving this will erase
bad memories and bring about positive things.
3. Grow Hope
Ever thought about what will happen if we keep
thinking about the past and all the problems
we faced? This is definitely not the way to go,
because you will be stuck in life and as time
passes, the hope will be lost.
4. Stress Relief
Stress is one of the worst yet strongest
enemies of human beings. Given that we live in
a quick, progressing life we can almost never
get rid of stress completely. However, we can
try our best to reduce or eliminate some of the
inlets of stress. One of them is definitely living
in the past. The way we can remove that
stress source is by sticking to the present and
not worrying about the past.
5. You Can’t Change
Anything
One important question that could help us not
to think as much or eliminate our thoughts of
the past is: Can we go back to a certain
situation and change it, given that it already
passed? The answer is definitely no, unless you
think you will use a time machine and go to
the past. It is true. No matter how bad your
past has been, always think of the idea that
you cannot change anything and this may help
put you at ease with yourself.
6. Developing positivity
Another reason why we should forget about our
past and live in the present is positivity.
Positivity is an essential part of an individual’s
life that helps maintain peace of mind, healthy
life, and a good atmosphere.
7. Let Go Of Fear
There is a countless number of different fears
present among people. Fears are usually hard
to overcome and one of the reasons is that we
do not muster up the courage to fight those
fears. Therefore, another way we could try to
reduce the fear may be letting go of the past
where a certain incident happened which
started or developed our fear.
8. Avoid Returning To
Addiction
Are you stuck in an addiction? If you currently
face an addiction make your best effort to
transform your life to the better. If you
overcame an addiction you had previously, that
is awesome. Now, what you need to do is
ensure you do not return to your addiction.
Forgetting you even have an addiction and
keeping your mind busy with the present can
help keep your addiction off your mind.
9. Love Yourself
Thinking of the past and some bad situations
that occurred could lead to hating yourself for
what you did and that is never a good thing.
Thus, living the moment and ignoring such
past experiences can help you love yourself,
maybe for the first time!
10. Become Healthier
Health is a very vital thing that needs to be
maintained in order to live life to the fullest.
Unhealthy individuals have difficulty doing
certain activities and you do not want to be
that person. Therefore, let go of your past and
focus on the present, which will make you
healthier as you let go of things that bother
you.
11. Make New Friends
Friends are an essential part of our social life,
without which we cannot survive. Good friends
make our days happier and brighten our lives.
Sticking to the past just has us stuck with our
problems and could make us think like no one
will accept us as a friend, so we need to just
think of the present, which will give us back
our confidence and allow us to befriend new
people.
12. Yesterday Is
History
Ever heard the term “Yesterday is history”? It
is true, because whatever happened in the past
is just out of our reach and thus is history.
Since history cannot be altered, it only helps to
focus on what is ahead of us.
13. Present Changes
Past
Ever thought carefully about the statement:
“The present changes the past.”? Do you think
that is true? Well, let us take an example of a
supermarket. It has a bad reputation because
their service does not rise up to the required
standards expected by customers. Customer
numbers will decrease and this supermarket
might lose money. However, if they do work
through their problems and restore the quality
and maybe even raise it, it could restore
customer numbers gradually. The concept
works the same way with people.
14. Present Is
Important
The past is important and is something we can
definitely learn from and improve. Moreover,
the present is even more important. This is
because the present is what people see
happening now, where they do not care about
the past and are just interest in the present.
15. Be Free
Freedom is such a blessing that no one could
replace with something else. Freedom is doing
whatever you want, whenever you want, etc.
provided you do not cross other people’s red
lines. Do not deprive yourself of freedom and
do not be the prisoner of your past. Always
think of the present and how you can learn
from your mistakes.
16. Do Not Feel
Miserable
Misery is such a bad feeling that no one should
get to feel. Misery can lead you to dark areas
that act like a hole which destroys you if you
do not overcome it. Guess what one of the
sources of misery is? Yes, your past is that
source. So we need to pay attention to the
present and not the past.
17. Past Affects Your
Performance Now
Did you ever think of the idea that the past
might be causing you to lack in your
performance? The past can have such an
impact on your performance now by making
you feel like you have done a lot of mistakes in
the past and so your present might not be
pleasant. Thus, forgetting about the past could
help eliminate that thought.
18. Get In The Mindset
Getting in the mindset of living in the present is
important. Getting in the mindset pre-sets your
mind to adopt the notion of living in the
present and not paying attention to distressing
or emotionally harmful events happened in the
past. Doing that along with the mindset helps
people achieve goals in the future.
19. Become Successful
Who does not want to be successful, feel
independent and able to do things they only
dreamed of before? Think of success as a
route from one city to another that are far
apart. Success is not an easy thing to achieve
and you need to travel this long road. Zooming
in, you have sub-routes that act as secondary
roads that lead to this long, direct road. One of
those sub-routes is named “leaving the past
and living the present”.
20. Achieve Goals
This point complements other points and
certainly the point above. Because what is
success other than achievement of goals set by
people depending on their tastes and interests.
In other words, whatever one individual
considers as a success, other individuals might
not agree with.
21. Make Your Days
Happy
Happiness is a great characteristic and goal an
individual could aim for every day. Happiness
is contagious and thus does not only benefit
you, but also people around you.
22. Avoid More
Problems
Who wants to accumulate more and more
problems under his belt? I mean if anything,
we actually try to get rid and resolve our
problems and issues as they affect us
physically, morally, and emotionally. One way
more problems arise is being stuck in the past
and not hoping for a bright future as you live
the present.
23. Getting a Better
Quality of Life
This concept of a better quality of life lines up
with a lot of the other aforementioned reasons.
Employees work every day exerting blood,
sweat, and tears to provide a roof over their
families’ head and better their quality of life.
This topic is a very touchy one that is relevant
to everyone.
24. Avoid Depression
Depression is a deep sadness that is triggered
by various things depending on the individual.
Depression is never a good place to be and
could cause serious dilemmas. That is why we
need to try to avoid this spot and be optimistic
the whole time. One of the triggers of
depression could be thinking of the past.
25. Living Reality &
Not Memories
Thinking of the present while discarding the
past is essential because you do not want to
get trapped in bad memories, as they will serve
you no good. Instead we need to venture in
reality to develop and improve.
26. Positive Member
Of Society
Playing the role of a positive member in society
is beneficial and helpful to you as an individual
and to society as a whole. Living amidst a
society and not contributing could sometimes
make a person feel useless and powerless.
27. Past Hurts
Ever heard of someone who is trapped in his
past, especially the bad part of it, and is
happy? This would not make sense. This is
because bad memories and incidents in the
past are harmful to us and bring us down.
28. Sense Of
Achievement
Leaving the past behind us and looking ahead
to the future as we live in the present leaves
us hope for tomorrow. This hope is then
translated into achievements that result in
feeling an ecstatic sense of achievement.
However, being imprisoned by the past and not
looking outside those bars limits us.
29. Self-Esteem
Self-esteem is the way we feel about our
abilities and self and is linked to confidence.
Focusing on the past can never help us boost
our self-esteem, but living the moment while
ignoring the bitter past could definitely help us
with our self-esteem.
30. Setting Goals
Setting goals is related to achieving goals in
that to achieve a goal you must set and define
a goal in the first place. Thus, thinking of the
past discourages you of even setting goals
since you feel that if you set a goal you will
never achieve it.
31. Consider Others’
Advice
Have you ever been advised by another person
who is wiser and has vast experience to let go
of the past? I am sure people face problems
and lay it on the table and ask their parents to
jump to help with that. If you have been
offered such an advice, take it.
32. Disturbed Peace Of
Mind
Has it happened to you that you are sitting,
watching TV on a sunny Saturday afternoon
when unconsciously a thought flashes in your
mind? This sometimes happen but it would
disturb your peace of mind if this thought is
actually of a bad situation that occurred in the
past. Even though this thought was really out
of your hands you need to try to think of
anything different to avoid thinking deeply of
that past event.
33. Be A Role Model
It brings great pleasure and a good,
overwhelming feeling when you are considered
by others to be their role model. Initially to
become a role model you need to have gone
through your past and let go of it, so you can
advise other to do the same.
Having these tips in mind every day can
certainly help you leave your past behind and
turn over a new leaf. Do you have any to add?
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