Drew Sechler
Why is it that we always want what we can't have? I've often wondered that very question and then thought about all of the things I did have that others may desire and vice versa. These aren't always material things of course. Often times we desire a job that we can't have, or a person that we wish to date, or even the thought of someone else's life often sounds appeasing.
It's okay to want to accomplish something or "go after" what we really want. In fact that's great. But it needs to be something that you work for and that you earn. All the while realizing you may not be meant to be with a certain person, or maybe that job is not really for you. I think it's only natural to desire things that we don't have. I would like a flat stomach and a million dollars. One of those is more obtainable than the other (I'm trying to figure out which).
Nothing makes these "Keeping Up the Jones" attitudes worse than Facebook or Instagram. I love both of these social media outlets, but I'll be damned if people try to paint a picture that their lives are always dandelions and unicorns.
They're lying.
When we stop comparing our lives and our journeys with others, is when we truly become happier individuals. This is not an easy task for some. Especially if you know someone makes more money than you do, or someone just got married and you are still single, or someone has a full-time job and you have two part-time jobs. See what I did there? It's too easy to compare ourselves to others. Stop doing it.
Your life is only yours. You can share it with many people, but your journey is strictly yours. Decide the best way you can live it and go do it. Don't worry about criticism because it's going to happen anyway. Look at your failures as learning opportunities, and not really failures at all. It's called life.
Let's live it.
Why is it that we always want what we can't have? I've often wondered that very question and then thought about all of the things I did have that others may desire and vice versa. These aren't always material things of course. Often times we desire a job that we can't have, or a person that we wish to date, or even the thought of someone else's life often sounds appeasing.
It's okay to want to accomplish something or "go after" what we really want. In fact that's great. But it needs to be something that you work for and that you earn. All the while realizing you may not be meant to be with a certain person, or maybe that job is not really for you. I think it's only natural to desire things that we don't have. I would like a flat stomach and a million dollars. One of those is more obtainable than the other (I'm trying to figure out which).
Nothing makes these "Keeping Up the Jones" attitudes worse than Facebook or Instagram. I love both of these social media outlets, but I'll be damned if people try to paint a picture that their lives are always dandelions and unicorns.
They're lying.
When we stop comparing our lives and our journeys with others, is when we truly become happier individuals. This is not an easy task for some. Especially if you know someone makes more money than you do, or someone just got married and you are still single, or someone has a full-time job and you have two part-time jobs. See what I did there? It's too easy to compare ourselves to others. Stop doing it.
Your life is only yours. You can share it with many people, but your journey is strictly yours. Decide the best way you can live it and go do it. Don't worry about criticism because it's going to happen anyway. Look at your failures as learning opportunities, and not really failures at all. It's called life.
Let's live it.
