Don't Just Tick The Boxes. 'GREEN CHECK' It!

 

Are you just TICKING THE BOXES?  YES, I've seen tons and tons of checklist with all those check boxes and many times I kept thinking about the fate of those boxes.  WHEN you keep checking those boxes, do you ever feel like you're constantly doing things BUT none of it means anything?  LIKE you're busy BUT in reality, you DON'T seem to be moving forward?  YES I'm with you.  It's something I did struggle in the past too WHERE everyday feels like I'm going through the motions, waking up, working, checking off tasks💥💥💥

BUT despite all that, quite a few times in the past, I felt like feeling empty at the end just before I hit the sack.  And I did consult a friend WHO has specialized in Psychology and he dissected and concluded that likely, I seem to be AVOIDING WHAT REALLY MATTERS.  WHAAAAAT?  i was lost with words WHEN I heard his prognosis because let's get real here.  All of us do it.  We fill our days with sometimes those meaningless tasks to avoid WHAT really matters.  WHY? Because it's easier to feel productive than to look people in the eye and face the mess.  For me, it's those hard conversations, the ambitious projects, OR even my personal goals then that I kept putting off❌❌❌

For me then, those were hard conversations I had with my friend even as I realized that the things that could change, things that could be game-changers BUT ironically those stuff did scare me no end.  So, I did face the mirror more than once and asked myself, WHAT really scares me?  And I challenged myself IF I'm ticking the boxes simply to gain that scarce feeling accomplishment?  And finally, I did ask myself, WHAT one thing I know I should do BUT I seem too stubborn to keep avoiding doing it???

My realization then during those agonies is that indeed it was uncomfortable BUT avoiding the important things in life was effectively killing my potential.  Something that, maybe you too, fell for.  Those times, I tend to believed that there has to be a justification for more doing, more goals, more tasks, more hustle.  BUT there was one thing I failed to grasp, NOT until my friend spoon-fed me then.  He brutally told me that MORE DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN BETTER.  Sadly, many of us are always behind the idea of "MORE" , NOT wondering IF it's the right stuff BUT I realized that doing much more would NOT solve a problem.  And it DOESN'T matter IF it actually does anything at all😓😓😓

Our takeaway:  These days, I keep hearing that BUSY IS THE NEW LAZY.  And I can't disagree with this because it is indeed true, we seem to be confusing our activity with achievements.  BUT that's NOT apples-to-apples dude.  NOW let's go down to our main point here.  Are you running after other people's dreams?  We get things done that DON'T make us happy.  All because of conditioning, that is, being taught HOW to live a life based on 'majority approval' which is all skewed, right?  WHICH means, we should NOT just CHECK BOXES BUT GREEN CHECK IT dude!!!