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If You Think Karma Is A Bitch, Try Complacency

Moderation is for the weak.

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If You Think Karma Is A Bitch, Try Complacency
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Goals and aspirations are good. Real good in fact. But they're not great. Goals are destinations and limitations, yet when we get there we are satisfied and stagnant.

Why?

You got the dream job, dream car and the dream bank account. What's next? Can't answer it can ya? That's because we live in a society where complacency is socially-accepted. "Making it" is just enough for people these days, and it is terribly sad because our potentials' are so close yet so far.

Just being in arm's reach of a dream, people like to let off the gas and become satisfied with how far you've come and not how far you've got to go. Although, it's very easy to conform to this goal-oriented societal standard because we've been mentally trained to accept the best and not the better.

Unfortunately, this attitude has poisoned some of the people we're "supposed" to look up to. For example, our infamous President Donald Trump carried the country's momentum at the end of the campaign but as soon as he had achieved the weighted title of POTUS, he immediately lost control of our country and our people.

The question you're probably asking so far is: "What's 'more'?"

More doesn't have to be achievable at the surface, meaning it doesn't have to be an adjustment you make that affects you today or tomorrow but in the future.

For instance, Sara has finally saved up that $3000 she planned on achieving months ago and prior to the day she reached her goal, she just happened to drive by the local outlet mall. A day later, that 3000 turned into 600 dollars.

By the way, Sara is me.

I had become complacent with the $3000 I had finally made instead of pushing myself to take it a few steps further and save up another thousand or even more.

It's terribly easy these days to fall under the temptation and sensation of being pleased with just enough.

I'm a strong believer in moderation is for the weak. A weak-minded individual won't walk the extra mile or take the extra sacrifice to get where they're going.

This does not solely apply to monetary goals, exercising goals or new years' resolution. It's vividly apparent in our relationships everyday. We settle for less because we don't know what we're worth. We allow an average person with an average mindset to blind us to the point where we perceive themselves to be the only person for us.

No.

Trust me, there's better. There's someone else out there who'll make you feel the same amount of uniqueness and appreciation everyday as they did when they first met you. There's someone else out there who may not be able to provide you with the most expensive things but they will provide you with a feeling that can't be expressed in an emoji or a Facebook post.

Ultimately, don't settle. Less is not always more.

Security and comfortableness generate complacency.

Take the extra step. You may not get where you're going as quickly but you'll get there just in time to thrive.

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