Sometimes it seems like if only you could change a little thing (or even a big thing) about your life or yourself, everything would be easier. If we were rich, famous, or powerful, everything would be so easy. I think instead, we should all take a lesson from Aladdin, or Rumpelstiltskin, or any other wish-granting story: it doesn’t work. Most of the time, especially in real life, making life spontaneously “better” doesn’t work, and can even make it worse. It’s becoming common knowledge that lottery winners usually end up worse off than they were without the millions of dollars. Besides some of the more famous stories and riddles, here are six reasons you don’t want your life to be perfect.
1. You have no one to complain to: If you have it all, what’s left?
Trust me, you’re still going to have to deal with the little annoyances that get you down; you’ll still get parking tickets, make messes, run out of charge, and fall out of love. And who do you have to complain to? All of the little things start to become big when you have no other problems. And while your friends and family are busy dealing with their own lives, your problems seem insignificant. You’ll soon become lonely when you have nothing left to squabble over.
2. You'll have too many options.
Think it’s hard trying to choose a major? Try choosing what to do with your life when you have everything, and can buy everything else. Life becomes pointless. You’ll have no passion if everything comes easily to you. Part of the greatest fun in life is the fight. Not having makes having so much sweeter. You’ll have no fantasy because you can achieve everything. Because you have the power to do everything, you usually end up doing nothing.
3. You will have so money friends.
Did you read that right? People will start focusing on what they can get out of you than your actual friendship. With everything, you’ll be elevated away from normal people, and become an object. Sure everyone will think you’re so cool, especially your cool stuff. And all of the cool favors you could do. But is that really what you want?
4. The grass is always greener.
Once you have it all, what’s missing? Nothing. Soon you’ll be bored with all of this, and wish you could be normal. Everything would be so much better if you could only be pitied, and tried, and genuinely loved. Too bad that’s not how this works.
5. There are no consequences.
With money, power or fame, you get a lot more leeway than the average-Joe. It may sound nice, but this can get you into some really extensive excreta. For a lot of people, it’s just too much power. Not only do you have limitless opportunity for mayhem, you begin undermine your sense of morality, create a lot of regrets, and there is always that risk of getting caught.
6. It doesn't last forever.
Trends pass. Stocks crash. Times change. The fact of the matter is, your perfect life won’t last forever, and if you are like most people, at the end of it all: you’re left with nothing. So rather than fantasizing about the life you could have, focus on the life you do. Once you learn to stop wishing for something else, it becomes perfect all by itself.
