Are you living the life that you’re prepared to tolerate? I find this absolutely fascinating and I think it’s very broadly applicable. There are certain things in your life which are really, really important, so you go for those. But then there are other things that are somewhat less important, and they still require effort or risk or the possibility of failure, rejection or disapproval. And so you go for the things which are non-negotiable. But when it gets to the nice-to-haves, many people stop.
So it might be worth asking: are you living the life that you’re prepared to tolerate? In other words, have you reached the point where it’s just good enough to stop pushing harder?
So what do you do if that applies to you? Imagine there is a rational mechanism going on behind the scenes, weighing up whether it makes sense to go any further or whether you’ve just kind of reached the point where the effort to change seems to exceed the potential benefit.
In theory, that would be a rational point to stop pushing, and so, as in so many cases (gratias, Stoics), the answer is to consider your life. Consider the stories that are running. Consider your evaluations. Consider the reasons behind your wishes to make things better versus the potential effort involved. And question, does it make sense?
If it does, but you’re not getting down to it, you need leverage. What will make to push through, get things done, and say “sod it?” And what’s the downside? What’s the worst that can happen?
It’s definitely time to explore the concepts of the stoics…
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