Anxiety Affects and Can Kill our Success

I think the above meme demonstrates an anxious mind. Is it okay to have lots of ideas and keep your mind busy?
WHY YES OF COURSE IT IS

The problem occurs when one becomes overly consumed by the future. That's what anxiety actually is - fear of the future, catastrophizing, expecting the worse. Anxiety lives in the future leaving you less grounded. Your time is spent concerning yourself with the plethora of what ifs. Which makes it hard to see where you are now!

Success isn't always easily seen or recognized by yourself or others. What you see as a lack of success others may find you are not giving yourself enough credit. That's what happens to me anyway. That's why I like the "carrot" meme. You have got to lay the groundwork for success. It may not show right away but as long as you have the ball rolling, you are going in the right direction.

Some people like to build up the illusion that they are successful with fancy cars and things they can't actually afford. Maybe they are actually wealthy enough for those things; if so, good for them; if not, I pity the time when they go bankrupt from living outside their means.
Living a simple, seemingly inocuous life often makes one the happiest. Having all the "fancy" things can just lead to added stress. Besides, "you can't take it with you when you go" as they say.

Unweighting yourself of unnecessary expenditures is one of the smartest things one can do. And leads to increased productivity, frees up your mind space, improves your quality of life.
ASK YOURSELF CAN I LIVE WITHOUT THIS
If the answer is yes, then don't get it!! My point is dragging on extra expenses increases anxiety, leads to negative futuristic thinking (i.e. how am I going to pay for that...) It simply takes up too much mental space that you could be putting to good work elsewhere in your life.

Another point here is letting what others think of you invoke unnessary anxiety.

If others are invoking anxiety in you, you need to find ways to avoid them to protect your energy!

In conclusion:

• anxiety lives in the future and can make you less grounded
• your success may be slow and not noticed at first
• don't create the illusion of success by living outside your means
  -if you can live without it don't get it. If you worry about how you're going to pay for it don't buy it
• unweight yourself by not succumbing to illusionary success
• don't let others invoke anxiety in you. Don't worry about what they think. Protect your energy

I think the band 21 pilots song "Doubt " exemplifies what I'm trying to say here:
"Scared of my own image, scared of my own immaturity,
Scared of my own ceiling, scared I'll die of uncertainty,
Fear might be the death of me, fear leads to anxiety "

Image source 1: dailyvibes
Image source 2: google image
Image source 3: psychology & human development
Image source 4: body positive
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Lyrics source: http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/twentyonepilots/doubt.html

Thanks for reading! As always, full STEEM ahead!