We are all guilty of settling. Some of us may be settling for a job that makes us miserable, but pays the bills. Some of us may be settling for a relationship when we definitely know that we deserve better, but it makes us temporarily happy. Some of us may even be settling for life in general, wasting our time on things that mean absolutely nothing to us, but we've become so accustomed to living this way that we don't even mind anymore. If you are currently settling for something in your life, I want you to ask yourself why. Why do you feel the need to waste the precious time you have here on earth doing things that are not worth your while? Why are you okay with being just moderately happy when you have the chance to be in love with whatever you’re doing?

I will never completely understand why we insist on accepting things that are less than we deserve. For some of us, this may occur because it brings us temporary happiness and for others it may be because we feel as though we have an obligation to. Whatever the case may be, the whole settling thing should not be happening. I think that the best advice I've ever been given was very simply, "to never settle". My mom had told me this numerous times growing up and I can't thank her enough for doing so. Thanks to her, this little phrase always pops up in the back of my mind whenever i seem to find myself in a situation where I have grown to be too comfortable with things i shouldn't be. Unfortunately, like many others, i have not followed this advice. I have, numerous times, found myself accepting things as they were when i knew that I could have made them better. By doing this, i was only doing myself a displeasure. The quote, “I believe the greatest sin you can commit against yourself is settling for less and knowingly forgetting how it feels to be alive” fully embodies how I feel about this particular topic. By allowing yourself to go about your life, or things in your life, and live comfortably because you are too afraid to change what you don't like, you are "forgetting" how it feels to be alive. You aren't truly living to your full potential.

So for all of you that are currently settling for that guy or girl that will never reciprocate your love back, those of you who are working a job that means nothing to you and those of you who are in a state of your life that isn't fulfilling, take a step back and ask yourself if what you're doing is really worth it because in the end the way you live your life is your choice. In my opinion, it's better to live a life with no doubts rather than living with that constant feeling of uncertainty because you feel like you might be settling.