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Are You Making Your Life Hard?

Rosalyn Morris
3 min readJun 15, 2022

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There are several things we can do to make our lives harder. Have you ever heard that you should travel light? Well, that means that you should let go of all the mental hangups and burdens that you can, so that your life can be easier, and your days will be smoother…

It’s not that anyone intentionally makes their life hard, but it’s something that can happen, especially as the years roll by.

Here are five ways that you could be making your life harder:

Not Letting Go of the Past

Your future is before you. Your past is behind you. It’s not that your past isn’t important, because it is, but it’s that you can’t change it. This means that your energy, effort, and time should be spent in the moment. The present. And also in planning for the future. Holding on to the past, and reliving it, costs precious energy and time. Press forward.

Holding on to Grudges

Do you hold a grudge? Well, if you do, it’s unhealthy. There’s much debate about whether you should forgive or not. I’m in the camp that thinks you don’t have to forgive if you don’t want to. However, you still need to find a way to not hold on to grudges. What’s that saying? Holding a grudge is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to…

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