Don’t fall for “good enough”.
I have to keep telling myself this. You see my life is relatively comfortable. I have shelter, food, clothes and provide anything else that is necessary for my life to continue without too much trouble. I can easily subsist on my current living situation and just indulge in all the things that are easy to enjoy. Such as video games, social media, and all the other limitless forms of entertainment we have with the internet. I could get lost in this world for the rest of my time alive without even thinking about it. Live an unremarkable life and pass from this world as such all because things were good enough. I don’t want to be like this.
It’s so easy to use the justification that it’s not a big deal because genuinly it isn’t. I can idle the days away and not feel anything bad other than personal guilt because right now. It’s not a big deal. That doesn’t mean there isn’t a negative effect though. I can do this again tomorrow where it’s still not a big deal. There’s that negative effect, but I can simply deny or ignore it for now. I can do this for months. Years. Any amount of time where it’s not a big deal, but then one day it’s going to be. Eventually I’m going to look back on my life and wonder where all the time went and why I didn’t do more with it. Eventually it’s going to become a big deal and one I can’t save myself from anymore.
Good enough isn’t happiness. Good enough isn’t fulfillment. Good enough has a terrifyingly subtle and unseen way of leading you to a point that isn’t good enough anymore. All because it’s easier to be complacent. It’s easier to do what’s fun and comfortable instead because you can and there’s no immediate consequence for that. The effort of being productive when I simply don’t have to be is the challenge of my life right now. I know what I have to do with my time. It’s just a matter of making myself do it. Normally I only achieved if I had to. Now that I don’t have to, it’s a whole new problem to keep moving up in life with struggle while the temptations of immediate gratification where I don’t have to are always available. That path won’t lead to a good place but the one where I persevere in my disciplines will.
As obviously as this is, doing the harder thing really is hard. So much so that I think most of us don’t ever bother unless we absolutely have to. Good luck keeping that up if you don’t.
It’s so easy to use the justification that it’s not a big deal because genuinly it isn’t. I can idle the days away and not feel anything bad other than personal guilt because right now. It’s not a big deal. That doesn’t mean there isn’t a negative effect though. I can do this again tomorrow where it’s still not a big deal. There’s that negative effect, but I can simply deny or ignore it for now. I can do this for months. Years. Any amount of time where it’s not a big deal, but then one day it’s going to be. Eventually I’m going to look back on my life and wonder where all the time went and why I didn’t do more with it. Eventually it’s going to become a big deal and one I can’t save myself from anymore.
Good enough isn’t happiness. Good enough isn’t fulfillment. Good enough has a terrifyingly subtle and unseen way of leading you to a point that isn’t good enough anymore. All because it’s easier to be complacent. It’s easier to do what’s fun and comfortable instead because you can and there’s no immediate consequence for that. The effort of being productive when I simply don’t have to be is the challenge of my life right now. I know what I have to do with my time. It’s just a matter of making myself do it. Normally I only achieved if I had to. Now that I don’t have to, it’s a whole new problem to keep moving up in life with struggle while the temptations of immediate gratification where I don’t have to are always available. That path won’t lead to a good place but the one where I persevere in my disciplines will.
As obviously as this is, doing the harder thing really is hard. So much so that I think most of us don’t ever bother unless we absolutely have to. Good luck keeping that up if you don’t.
