We cannot control the future but we can appreciate the present moment. | Coffee Chats w/ Sj

Enneagram & Coffee

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Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Relationships, Business, Education, Entrepreneurship

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🗓️ 23 October 2023

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of the Enneagram and Coffee podcast, I reflect on my recent trip to California and the lessons I learned about letting go of control. I discuss my past struggles with restrictive eating and over-exercising, and emphasize the importance of living in the present. I also share my experiences on my trip, including a visit to the redwood forest and attending a road show for my friend's company, Jumpsuit. Despite a challenging return journey, I consider the trip overall as amazing. Looking ahead, I plan to prioritize comfort and simplicity amidst a busy schedule. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I am Sarah Jane Case and this is Ennigram and coffee.
0:04.0	Hello friends, welcome back to the podcast.
0:10.0	Happy Monday. I hope your week is treating you well.
0:16.0	I am so happy to be here. I am back from California. What a trip that was. It was one of the best trips I would say of my life
0:27.9	with my partner especially. So worth it. Such a good experience. 10 out of 10. Can't wait to tell you more about it.
0:38.0	We are back to another coffee chat episode. So if you're new here, coffee chats are where I share with you what I'm
0:44.7	learning right now what's going on behind the scenes over here and what to expect on the podcast
0:49.7	this week so let's get into it. So I am always relearning and learning lessons over and over and over again.
0:58.0	So something I am re-learning right now is the importance of not trying to control an outcome.
1:08.0	I am so guilty of wanting to guarantee a positive outcome in my life and in all areas right like
1:17.4	relationally career-wise emotionally physically all of the different areas of my life, like I have at some point tried to lock a vice
1:30.1	grip of control in a positive direction.
1:35.4	You know, I'm going, this is all going to be great.
1:38.6	Just watch and see I can make it great. And the problem with that obviously is that it creates a lot of
1:47.0	tension in the moment. The future is never here, right? Like the very nature of the future is that it cannot exist in the present.
1:56.1	Meaning, I will literally never experience the future. I will only ever experience the moment that I'm in right now, always and forever, right?
2:07.4	So this like attempt to guarantee a positive outcome through my like force of will, my anxiety, my stress levels, my preparatory behaviors, right?
2:23.0	All of these things that come with being kind of a future-minded, anxiety-filled human being.
2:30.0	All of these things, they prevent you from being truly present in the joy of the present moment
2:36.3	because if your goal is to prevent a negative thing from happening if your goal is to guarantee a positive outcome, well then you're all
2:45.5	hands on deck all the time, right? Like relationally it can cause you to be like preventative
2:51.2	in the way that you relate to someone like, okay, well, I hope that they don't
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