getting through it

It’s not really what you like doing that makes you successful.. its how good you are at adapting to the things you don’t like doing that will often determine your success.. we should START with something that we like… doing something that we don’t like doing so that we can continue to do something that we don’t like doing isn’t going to cut it for most humans… ironically.. a lot of people live like this… and they find refuge on the weekends… or in a bottle… or in video games… wherever… they’ve pushed everything they “like” to a very small portion of their lives.. maybe 5… 10%.. the rest is survival… and obligations that are just that… obligations..

with a slight shift in perspective… that 10% can jump to 20… 30… 40%… going from disliking the job you work at for 8 hours of the day to appreciating the job that you have because it puts for on the table… now.. you still might not like the job itself.. or that you spend 8 hours of your day there… perhaps more when you include the mental energy spent on work outside of work.. the time it takes to prepare and decompress from work… and commute time..

even with the best attitude if you don’t find a way to make this meaningful.. to YOU.. its going to be a long life.. which is good.. long life is great.. but only if you live it well..

so change your perspective perhaps if its too late to change anything else… you’re already in the meat of your life and there’s not much more to do about it.. OR you’re content not DOING much more about it.. But for those who would like to demand more of themselves and of their life… here’s another option: start with something you like… start with something you think has meaning… something that you enjoy… for whatever reason… start with a dream.. start with an idea.. start with the exit in mind… the last thing you want is to start something and not have the option of moving on when you feel ready… i’m not saying quit when you start to dislike what you’re doing… but if you have no other option than to do what you’ve started… mostly likely you’ll grow to resent it… you want to choose to continue what you’ve started… you want the progression of what you do to be driven by you… not forces already in motion… you don’t want your life to be a movie… only able to watch where it goes

And part of life WILL be like this. sometimes you don’t have the option to turn back.. sometimes the universe WILL make the decisions… sometimes your alternative options are so bad that they really aren’t options… (even though they COULD be chosen)

BUT if you start in the right direction… when that direction gets tough.. when you have to do things you don’t like…. when it starts to be painful… ATLEAST you chose this direction… and if you can remember WHY.. and continue to create the road in front of you instead of letting it create you (all the time) then you can get through it. you WILL get through it. if you choose to