It’s getting bad again

[iamrealandyouarenot]

I don't even want to go into detail rn. I'll probably make a post soon when I can gather my thoughts, but I thought big sweeping adult changes in my life would fix me. I thought success would. I am too ambitious for my own good. It will never be enough, and now what is the point.

 

[timf]

Thinking in terms of "big sweeping changes" and being driven by ambitions reminded me of a quote attributed to John Lennon, "Life is what happens to you while you are waiting for something else".

Life is often presented to the young as if it is solved by a single event such as a college degree, getting a big house, or finding the perfect spouse. In reality life is a sequence of small acts that woven together make a life that can be happy. Consider the person that bags groceries and finds it rewarding to make a customer smile with a small joke, or with infections cheer.