It’s already tomorrow in Australia

Amidst the hustle, the chaos, the changes, the challenges, the successes, and the calm… there’s a quote that continues to resonate with me.

I heard it first on a podcast, but I don’t remember which one – it was someone struggling with addiction and they mentioned that if they can just remind themselves to get to tomorrow, which is already happening in Australia, that it’s easier to stay sober today.

Don’t worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already tomorrow in Australia.

–Peanuts cartoonist, Charles M. Schulz

I just typed “in these uncertain” times”… though aren’t all times really uncertain? We have to just trust that everything will work out as it should because it always does. So I will rephrase…

Each day, if we log into social media, go on the internet, or tune into the television – the sky is falling somewhere. There’s a lot of negative, upsetting events that happen each day that are often thrown at us on these online platforms. It’s hard to decipher what is real, AI, or a curated narrative to evoke emotion. These stories hook the user in, makes them feel like they are apart of each of these stories, and that they have the responsibility to feel, to engage, or to react.

… but I am here to remind you to come up for air and look around you.

When you step away, log off, go outside, spend time with your loved ones, go on an adventure… it’s a different story isn’t it? Of course there will be challenges in life, but you do not need to absorb the challenges happening everywhere- you can focus on your network, your area, your space.

Time, the strange concept that it is, keeps going. Whether you choose to spend your energy absorbing information online or living in the present where you are. The internet and television feel like a strange portal that people can opt in and out of. I think we see too many people staying opted in for too long.

The hardest time of the day for me to stop worrying is at night. It’s when my thoughts flow, sometimes my most creative ideas, but sometimes the stressors of the day overload my brain. I tend to overthink actions at this time. This quote reminds me to picture the sun already out, birds chirping, and that the day ahead of us is already out there.

Don’t worry about the world ending today or tonight because as you rest your head tonight, it’s already tomorrow in Australia.

Images from https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Schulz