We spend so much of life chasing what always seems just a little farther ahead.
Field Notes
The next thing begins to feel more exciting than the thing itself. We become so practiced at anticipating what’s coming that we forget to notice what’s already here. Every finish line quietly becomes another starting line, and every achievement points us toward another one. After a while, chasing no longer feels like a choice—it simply becomes the rhythm of everyday life. Before we know it, we’re no longer experiencing happiness so much as pursuing the feeling that it’s always waiting somewhere just ahead.