I’ll be honest with you. This is something I tend to do. I take on more projects than I can handle, more stuff to work on, more than it’s possible for me.
I want to develop certain projects more than the resources available to me. To work for more than 24 hours a day.
Truth is, you can keep this rhythm up for a while, but then you begin to actively search for distractions.
Life is a balancing act. A well-adjusted individual seems to be our fantasy. You know, the kind of person who has just the right kind of time for the right kind of things. You have time to get in shape, to eat, to work, to go out with friends, to date. You have everything in just the right amount.
I’d say this is tricky. Not impossible, but tricky.
A balancing act.
You need to always be careful, to expand a great amount of mental energy unless you want it all to fall apart. Which sometimes it does. Take one piece away, and everything tends to break apart. The equilibrium is disturbed by the introduction of a new desire, by something that’s changed.
That’s why those who seem to live such charming lives oftentimes happen to lose something and then it’s all a game of domino. It was all kept together by the sheer chance of having all those things in the first place.
But I can tell you this. You can have anything you want in this life, but not everything. You can become great at one thing. Pick and choose. Dedicate your life to it, and you’ll be great.
That’s the real question. Most people deny this, most people tell themselves all kinds of bullshit stories about luck, talent, or whatever. No. Are you willing to sacrifice? It all comes down to this.
Want to be the world’s best writer?
Then write everyday for as much as possible. Lose friends, don’t date. Sleep is optional. All that stuff.
Athletes usually do this, and yet people are still stubborn to see their sacrifices, their monk-like existences.
Anything you want, you can have it, if you sacrifice for it.
But ask yourself? Are you willing to do it? To discard life’s other pleasures? To grind and grind until there’s nothing but pain left? Are you going to regret it? You are going to hate it, from time to time.
It’s just how it is.
And, paradoxically, anything else is a waste of time. A waste of who you are. Being lukewarm is no good, when you are trying to achieve something. It is determination and belief that wins most fights.
You just have to be honest with yourself and decide if you really want what you want, if it is necessary for your happiness.
That’s it.
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I am so guilty of trying to do everything! Life is too short, I want my days to have more than 24 hours and I don’t want to miss a thing! Great read!
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> You can do ANYTHING. But not EVERYTHING.
Unless your name is Elon Musk.
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He’s kinda bad at relationships. And that is an understatement.
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I read about that too. Maybe if he approached them as insurmountable technological challenges. (kidding) I suppose “ANYTHING” (as you say) must come at the cost of SOMETHING else.
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That’s the irony. He does approach them like that. I read an interview and he was like, “How many hours a week does a woman need? 6-7?” What the hell? I’d say that it’s not the time, but the quality of that time, that matters more to a woman.
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And then I read recently where he says “I can’t be alone. I hate being alone.” — and then he cries. Sheesh, I’m glad I’m not that smart if that’s what comes with being intelligent.
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Yes. That’s the idea. He doesn’t have the physical time required to understand relationships. To develop himself to the point of being good at it. He could, I have no doubt about it. He just doesn’t have the time, neither consider it as a priority in order to make time. This, however, does not save him from suffering.
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So, we can do anything, but those things we can’t do — but want to — end up becoming our albatross, I’m reminded of the contractor adage: you can have it fast, good, cheap — pick two. “But what if I want all three?” Sorry!
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Something like that.
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Such a good reminder. The society we live in promotes doing anything and everything….
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This is so true!
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You can do anything really but not everything because if you run after everything you will find yourself in the hassles of life & these hassles will only distress your precious time. Fix one purpose & work for it at one time.
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This is very insightful. If you want to be great at something, dedicate your entire life to working at it. There are no shortcuts.
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It all boils down to working smart not long and hard. When you try to do everything you neglect what you originally set out to accomplish. So lets say you want to be a writer. It’s not all about writing good material. You have to find a way from more people to read what you have to say. So being a great writer is writing well and succeeding at your writing is great marketing. So work smart not hard.
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