I’ve noticed that the people who don’t seem to enjoy life are the ones who are extremely set in their ways.  Examples include the obsessive neat freak who can’t live with anyone because he’s so ridiculously demanding to the lady who dreads getting up every day because her life isn’t what she thought it would be.  Basically, anything to the extreme sucks. 

If you live your life wondering about the person you “could have been” or focusing on your “failures,” you won’t ever be able to get past the negativity and break free into the fulfilled and happy person lurking inside of you. 

This is true in many situations and of many people, like:

  • The couple so obsessed with having kids that they stress out and make their journey worse.  No one wants to be lovey-dovey when they are stressed, and no ones ovaries function properly when they are busing worrying constantly about biological clocks.  If it doesn’t work out, everything happens for a reason.
  • The woman so concerned about getting married that she scares off every guy in a 30-mile radius.
  • Men who are so crazy about bulking up, thinking being “huge and hot” will make them happy.  They end up lonely and unhappy when they realize their only friends are other meat-head dudes and their protein shakes may not be as delicious as the occasional beer or two they have been dreaming about every night.  Life is meant to be enjoyed– restrict yourself sometimes but let yourself enjoy when you really want to.
  • Career-obsessed people.  It’s good to want a challenge and to push yourself while you’re at work.  Everyone wants to earn a decent living and do work that they are proud of.  Working 80 hours a week and forgetting about your family and your interests is never a good thing.  The same goes for missing important family functions all the time.  You’ll have your family when you’re old, but your job won’t matter anymore– you’ll be retired.
  • The bridezilla.  We all have our moments when we are planning our weddings.  We want things to be perfect and we want to look perfect.  Frankly, though, obsessing over every little place card and detail is ridiculous.  No one cares that much and people are there to watch you get married– not to stare at the linens or flowers.  Enjoy your engagement and stop making everyone hate you!!
  • The crazy cat lady.  More than 10 animals is sort of strange.  You shouldn’t collect cats.

 

Do you think this guy does anything OTHER than lifting weights and weighing protein grams?

Do you think this guy does anything OTHER than lifting weights and weighing protein grams?

Sometimes the things you think are failures aren’t actually failures.  You may think you made a huge mistake now, but you may be ridiculously happy with how things turn out a few years from now.  Because it’s impossible to know the future (although I do have psychic moments from time to time), it’s impossible to judge the path of your life.  I think that trusting your feelings and following your heart will keep you from regretting things. 

…Because obsessive behavior is not healthy…

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