1. When happiness comes later for you and sooner for others.
Knowing your worth without getting big-headed is a character-building goal. You know that it will do you good in the long run, but sometimes making others happy leaves your happiness trailing behind. Without being selfish, your happiness is important too. Pleasing everyone is already a misguided mentality. You have to be happy with and for yourself, that way it can benefit you and others around you.
2. When you don't receive recognition.
Standing out can be a difficult task when so many people are working towards the same thing. Being self-aware of your efforts when no one else is one of the most frustrating moments in your personal life and work life. Doing a good job is enough for you but being ignored for it makes you feel underappreciated and expendable. Surround yourself with people who care about the work you do and in time others will care about you too.
3. When intentions do not match.
You know the grass is green, but the person you work for or the significant other you're with says it's blue. Miscommunication is understandable and can be corrected, but for someone to purposely do wrong by you is unacceptable. Being on the same page shows respect and accountability. When someone has their own agenda, especially one that uses you to reach their self-interest, it is time to move on.
4. When pros and cons feel the same.
The feeling that things are what they are is a limitation and a false promise waiting to be realized. Sleepwalking through life is an option, but it is not the most fulfilling option. On the one hand, you have the status quo, the ordinary and the conventional. On the other hand, you have the unexpected, the unique potential for more. When life gives you lemons, make lemonade, but also lemon tarts, lemon chicken, and anything you can reinvent with that lemon.
5. When your days are filled with monotony.
"If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I'm about to do today?" Steve Jobs said this when he spent too many days doing what he no longer enjoyed. Sometimes you have to make a change when nothing is changing. Build your own bridge, carve your own path, go towards the light in your life and it will never stop shining. When you need precedence in your life, take the steps that will help you move onto that journey and destination.
Moving on is natural.
The Best Way To Eat Around A Nutrition Major Is To Eat Whatever You Want
Now I don't want it to seem like I am not passionate about helping my friends or family achieve their nutrition goals. But only if they ask for it.
Eat whatever you want.
A lot of friends have made comments about being uncomfortable to eat in front of me knowing I am a nutrition major. At first, I was really taken back but then I realized what the real issue is here.
I think more people need to understand that your comments about other people's lives and choices aren't appreciated when they aren't asked for. Too many people put their two cents in on topics that they shouldn't. Food choices and diets can be a very sensitive topic for people and comments from friends that may happen to be nutrition majors doesn't make that any better.
Now I don't want it to seem like I am not passionate about helping my friends or family achieve their nutrition goals. But only if they ask for it. I don't want to generalize everyone in my major but there is a stigma around nutrition majors that they force information down your throat about your food choices. Which I understand because other people in my major have done that to me. I understand how uncomfortable that is. But I also understand that they have good intentions, they're just going about it wrong since you didn't ask for their opinion before they gave it to you.
I want you to know that I am not the perfect nutrition major. I don't have a food Instagram devoted to my vegan dinners and workout routines. I don't always cook and bake things from scratch. And I definitely eat way too many Oreos. And there's nothing wrong with that. I like to think I'm realistic (sometimes even a little lazy) but I'm in college and I understand that there is a struggle to eat healthier. I'm completely in love with my major and everything it stands for. But I'm not going to shame you into eating better. So yeah, order that second dessert while we're out to dinner. Just remember to ask for an extra spoon for me.