{"id":13537,"date":"2026-08-11T00:44:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T04:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/4115-part-2-three-typical-mistakes-in-thinking-about-the-future-by-david-cain-of-raptitude-on-mindful-living\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T00:44:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T04:44:04","slug":"4115-part-2-three-typical-mistakes-in-thinking-about-the-future-by-david-cain-of-raptitude-on-mindful-living","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/4115-part-2-three-typical-mistakes-in-thinking-about-the-future-by-david-cain-of-raptitude-on-mindful-living\/","title":{"rendered":"4115: [Part 2] Three Typical Mistakes in Thinking About the Future by David Cain of Raptitude on Mindful Living"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Profit<\/a>
\n<\/p>\n

Get the 200+ Page Optimal Living Daily Workbook (PDF) – Free.<\/p>\n

Want to turn today’s episode into an actionable plan? Join the Optimal Living Weekly newsletter and I’ll send you our 200-page digital workbook immediately. It’s packed with the best takeaways from the show, formatted for easy reading and implementation at home.<\/p>\n

Get your free PDF workbook here: https:\/\/oldpodcast.eo.page\/join<\/a><\/p>\n

Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Episode 4115:<\/p>\n

David Cain picks up where Part 1 left off, sharing what two months picking kiwis in New Zealand taught him about dread. He explains why a problem is not real until it is right there in the room with you, and how dropping the thinking made grueling work feel manageable one moment at a time. It is a self-improvement reminder that all the suffering is in the thoughts.<\/p>\n

Read along with the original article(s) here: https:\/\/www.raptitude.com\/2010\/07\/three-typical-mistakes-in-thinking-about-the-future\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Quotes to ponder:<\/p>\n

“Whatever difficulties you think you have, they aren’t real till they’re in the room with you, and you won’t know what form they’ll take until they are.”<\/p>\n

“All the suffering is in the thoughts.”<\/p>\n

“I was trying to solve my whole life while I was still lying in bed, staring at the ceiling fan.”<\/p>\n

Optimal Living Daily is a daily personal development and self-improvement podcast where we narrate the best self-help articles on minimalism, productivity, and intentional living, read to you by a professional narrator so you can live your best life a little more every day.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm\/adchoices<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Profit<\/a>
<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Get the 200+ Page Optimal Living Daily Workbook (PDF) – Free. Want to turn today’s episode into an actionable plan? Join the Optimal Living Weekly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-motivation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13537\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}