I just manage really
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Same, the idea of not being able to think long term doesn’t even make sense to me, like that’s a fundamental attribute of being a human that we have the ability to think beyond the here and now that other animals don’t have
I think there is that thing of people past, present, and future focused. I know I am like massively future focused. Its likely part of the reason I have anxiety. I think past focuses is the most common and future is next with present being rare and there is a magnitude factor. Like I think about the past alot but mostly in understanding the present and looking to the future. and when I look at the present its with a future angle. Like a think a buddhist ideal would be thinking about each as its own equally or maybe past/future balanced with the majority in the present.