stop taking things so seriously

I was doing well, and then I started falling back into my old ways. This has been a rollercoaster ride of progress and setbacks. I can see the goal, and I can see myself getting closer… it’s just hard sometimes.

I visited with a friend of mine a couple of months ago, and I was shocked by how different he looked.

For a while, this guy was looking pretty bad—his skin was pale, his hair was falling out, and he had a definite slump in his shoulders.

I made a comment about his change in appearance, and he told me that he had stopped taking things seriously. He stopped worrying about his job, he stopped worrying about school… he basically stopped worrying about everything.

One of my favorite quotes is “Don’t take life too seriously; you’ll never get out alive.”