How to stay optimistic even when nothing is going your way?

In life, everyone has a goal. Some might want to become a doctor; others wish to travel to every country. But for me, there are many. I want to be a pilot, a skydiver, or a dairy farmer. But currently, I am doing none of that. In fact, I am working a 9–6 job, making little to no money without any savings for my goals to come to life. This bothers me a lot, making me think I would never be good enough to achieve my dreams.

Despite all those thoughts, I keep going every day. Because the moment I let those thoughts overpower my will to achieve my dreams, it will be over for me.

See, in life, we think that failure is the end line. But many people forget that failure is not the end but a lesson that will work as a stepping stone for you the next time you try. In my life, I use this thought more than anything else. I am not afraid of failures; I endure them as a lesson that can’t be learned any other way. This is single-handedly the most important thing that lets me keep grinding, knowing that the experience will help me improve.

The thing I don’t let myself do is second-guess my decisions. Our brain is our biggest strength, but it is also our biggest enemy. Our brain enables us to overthink, and frequently, it ends with us second-guessing ourselves and letting ourselves down even before we start…