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Tomorrow or Today?

We live on average 80 years. The first 20 years are spent in education. The next 40 or so are spent working. And let's say the last 20 are spent in retirement. 

Throughout the first 20 years of our lives we are guided and told what to do every day of our life, by the adults around us that guide us; typically our parents and teachers. We are told that in life we can be whatever we want, only if we make the right choices and follow the right paths. 

I can't help but think: How far should we look into the future; Should I be concentrating on tomorrow or today: Should I have a 'plan b' or will that only distract me from 'plan a'; Where is this cut-off point; Will thinking about the future distract me from the present?

This post is quite useless. Most people, I think, take each day as it comes, and if they do have a goal in mind, they will take the steps they feel necessary to achieve that. But without a goal, what can you do but ponder about the future, whilst semi-focussing on the present?

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