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“Yes, Erin this is officer Basal from Patton Township police, I’m just calling to let you know we have something you may have lost. Just call me back at this number so we can talk”. My heart sunk into my stomach as I listened to this voicemail. I walked back to class with all my thoughts focused on that voicemail. “Should I call her back?” I thought. For the next twelve minutes left of class I sat there pondering on what I should do. How stupid of me to accidentally throw out my wallet with my fake ID in it. Two weeks ago after I realized what I had done and thought, “Oh well, I threw it out, I can't do anything about it now”. End of story, I just had to replace my fake ID, real license and debit card, no big deal. How did my wallet get in …show more content…

When in a vulnerable state, I feel weak and blind sided. Over thinking, in my opinion, can classify as a compulsive disorder by over analyze everything. I do not need to over think, but I have no control over it. It seems like an addiction. I feel stressed and frantic that maybe I will get fined, maybe I will have a record for having a fake ID, or even maybe they did not even see my fake ID. Numerous possibilities fill my head. I begin to finally work and a thought pops into my head that I should call back officer Balsar and ask her what they have found. She never even said they found a wallet and I ready can name all of my plausible punishments, jumping to …show more content…

How can I live in the moment when preoccupied thinking about how to fix my future? It appears impossible to live in the moment according to Richard Kotch, in Should We Really Live in the Moment, he wrote, “In short, we need strategy. We need a road map of the possible routes our lives - and our careers and our organizations - could take. We need to fashion a route that might work and is worth putting effort behind. If it doesn't work, we need to modify the strategy in accordance with the feedback we've received from "the market" - other humans”. I don't want to live in the moment and have no cares for my tomorrows. I comply with this because I have always lived to please my future

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