Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and into Your Life (Unfu*k Yourself series)

by Gary John Bishop

“Don’t seek to have events happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do happen, and all will be well with you.” - Epictetus

Many of us expect our partners to be a certain way consistently, or to anticipate our needs and know exactly what we’re feeling, as if by magic. But your partner, like you, is an imperfect human with his or her own set of complicated emotions and thoughts. So it’s appropriate that they may sometimes be distracted or get short with you after a bad day.

You won’t believe how much your interactions with other people will improve the moment you let go of expecting, the instant you learn to accept things as they happen.

It’s about quieting the mind and allowing yourself to act with power in the situations of your life rather than succumbing to your internal and external upsets.

“Stay out of the swamp of mediocrity and drama, reach for your greatest self, your greatest potential, and challenge yourself to live that life every single day of it.”

“It’s this simple: in order to improve your internal world, you have to start by taking action in the external world. Get out of your mind, and get out into your life.”

When we feel “off,” we put our lives off. That’s right, you’re waiting on a feeling.

“Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action comes, stop thinking and go in.” - Napoleon Bonaparte

Don’t let your mind control you any longer. Stop letting it hold you back with its excuses and distractions and worries.