unknown author - "We are afraid of not knowing what comes next, and so we make our lives predictable. Don't be afraid of what comes next. You'll be okay."

<p>Welcome to<a href="https://greatnewspodcast.com/dailyquote" rel="noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ the Daily Quote⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>, the podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I&#39;m your host, Andrew McGivern, and this episode is brought to you by <a href="https://greatnewspodcast.com/podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠the Great News podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>. Because great news should be heard, and the link is <a href="https://greatnewspodcast.com/podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠right here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a> in the show notes.</p><p>Support the show <a href="https://greatnewspodcast.com/support" rel="noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy me a coffee ⁠</a></p><p>Today&#39;s quote is from an<strong> unknown author</strong>:</p><p><em><strong>&quot;We are afraid of not knowing what comes next, and so we make our lives predictable. Don&#39;t be afraid of what comes next. You&#39;ll be okay.&quot;</strong></em></p><p>Think about how much of our lives are built around predictability.</p><p>We develop routines.</p><p>We make plans.</p><p>We establish habits.</p><p>And there&#39;s nothing wrong with that.Predictability can make life easier.</p><p>But sometimes, we become so attached to knowing what&#39;s going to happen that we stop ourselves from experiencing what could happen.</p><p>We stay in the same job we don’t like because it&#39;s familiar.</p><p>We stay in the same routine because it&#39;s comfortable even if it isn’t good for us.</p><p>We avoid taking a chance because we can&#39;t guarantee the outcome. </p><p>But here&#39;s the thing about the future:</p><p>None of us actually knows what&#39;s coming.</p><p>And that&#39;s not necessarily something to fear.</p><p>It&#39;s also what makes life interesting.</p><p>And if you are too locked into your routine you will stay stuck in a life you might not want.</p><p>You become trapped by your habits that aren’t helping you grow.</p><p>The next opportunity could come from somewhere you never expected. But you have to be willing to act on it.</p><p>The person you meet tomorrow could change your life.</p><p>The decision that feels scary today could eventually become one of the best decisions you&#39;ve ever made.</p><p>Sometimes we don&#39;t need to know exactly what&#39;s next.We just need to trust that we&#39;ll be able to deal with it when it arrives.</p><p><u>So here&#39;s the question: </u></p><p>What are you avoiding simply because you don&#39;t know how it will turn out?</p><p>Maybe it&#39;s time to loosen your grip on certainty.</p><p>Take the chance.</p><p>Try something different.</p><p>Step into the unknown.</p><p>You might discover that what&#39;s waiting for you is better than anything you could have planned.</p><p>Remember, you don&#39;t have to know what&#39;s coming next to move forward. Sometimes you just have to trust yourself enough to find out.</p><p>Habits can lock you in so why not cultivate a habit of trying new things and running personal experiments.</p><p>And you&#39;ll be okay. More than ok.</p><p>That&#39;s going to do it for today. I&#39;m Andrew McGivern signing off for now, but I&#39;ll be back... tomorrow! Same pod time, same pod station with another <strong>Daily Quote</strong>.</p>