The Rush Mode Epidemic: Why It's Holding You Back and How to Break Free
This One Thing Is Keeping You Stuck in Fear, Stress and Negativity
I used to be the kind of person who was always chasing something.
And from time to time, I still am.
One goal after another, never really stopping to catch my breath. Shortly after I achieved something, I already felt the overwhelm of the next goal or vision I had.
It was like I was on this never-ending treadmill, this hamsterwheel, sprinting towards some “perfect” future version of myself, but never quite getting there.
I talk about this a lot in my posts. I try to view and describe it from different perspectives to really get my point across.
And let me tell you, this is exhausting! The constant judging, constantly feeling like I am not enough NOW, like I was lacking something fundamental.
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Chasing after purpose and fulfillment is the next “cool” thing in our society.
This is and can actually be good! Because it leads to the state I am describing in this post.
Purpose and fulfillment won’t be achieved once you “fulfilled” your vision, goals or achieved the state of consciousness you want in some perfect future timeline.
The state you are searching for won’t ever be achieved!
It can only be found if you let go of ALL of this searching, craving, achieving, striving and trying.
I thought if I could just achieve all these things, I’d finally feel fulfilled.
But the more I chased, the more overwhelmed and drained I felt.
It took me a long time to realize that this wasn’t the way life was meant to be lived.
Constantly rushing, stressing, chasing — it’s not natural.
It’s not sustainable.
And most importantly, it doesn’t lead to true happiness or fulfillment.
So what was keeping me stuck in this fear-based, negativity-fueled rush mode?
It all came down to one thing: I wasn’t present.
I know you have heard it thousands of times, be it through mindfulness, spiritual books like the power of now, youtube videos, courses, meditations or retreats.
But now its time to even let go of “the story of the present moment”. Because the present moment is no story.
I was so focused on where I wanted to be, on all the things I thought I needed to do and achieve, that I was never really here, in the moment, appreciating what I already had.
When I was writing, my mind was already racing ahead to the next task on my list.
When I was walking, I was mentally rehearsing conversations I needed to have, or worrying about things that might never happen.
I was never fully engaged in what I was doing.
And that’s the problem.
When we’re not present, when we’re trying to be in two places at once, that’s when the stress and negativity creep in.
That’s when we lose touch with ourselves and what really matters.
The solution, I’ve found, is deceptively simple:
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