Do you know what you’re looking for?
…And how can you be sure?
You know you want change, but you haven’t stopped and taken a moment to define what it might look like… and this is where we open the door to suffering.
Right now, there’s tons of opportunity. It’s everywhere, but it’s hard to grasp when you’re racing all over the place.
The reason you feel restless when you’re alone is because you know you’re capable of so much more– so that anxiety isn’t necessarily a bad thing, it’s actually there to serve as a compass.
But we have to stop.
One thing I’ve learned is running is a habit… if you keep running from thing to thing, you stay in a perpetual state of motion.
Normally, I’d say that’s a great thing– but you need to be able to stop in order to create and the life you want is created.
I think our solution to stress is decompression.
We try to “recover” by forgetting. Sometimes that’s playing video games, watching a movie, hanging out with friends, none of which is a bad thing.
But all too often this becomes our only way of coping… and we never stop running around.
Eventually, you have to commit. You have to go all in on the path before you, this is how progress is made– and it’s also how to create the actual change you’re looking for.
Things become different, when we do.
When I started approaching my role more open and playfully, not only did my skill level develop, but I started gaining more opportunities. The very same role, turned into something better… just by being better.
That’s really the only point of this post: If you want change, start where you are.
Believe me, I don’t love the answer either. But take it from someone who always jumped thing to thing– it’s imaginary. Your escapist thoughts of one day leaving and journeying to an entirely new place aren’t real. What actually happens is you erase all your progress, start over, and now are unhappy… in a different place.
Real change happens in the moment.
So, your challenge is before you. Will you blend into the background of your own life and waste what you have or will you shine and play through it?
It’s your movie, you decide.
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