Competition in today’s generation is high. Everyone seems talented, and every other person’s life seems perfect. Trying to fight your way to the top can be challenging, especially when we are at a stage without clarity on our goals in life.
Many of us in college are still learning, growing, and improving. We are trying to figure out who we are and what we want to do. All this confusion ranges from what kind of career we want to pursue to the friendships we want to have and the experiences we want to gain. It is likely that when confronted with opportunities to explore various sectors of talent, someone who wants to explore their interests might try their hand at everything possible. At first, this is the best approach one can take to truly narrow down what they enjoy. This trial and error technique is quite agreeably stressful. Still, it allows one to practically experience everything there is to offer.
The main intention of practicing the above method is to eventually streamline your priorities. However, when this starts becoming a habit, it leads to more harm than good. The feeling of being busy becomes so normalized that eventually, we lose track of the primary purpose of why we were adopting a hobby or skill in the first place. It involves pushing yourself to the extreme level to constantly keep achieving more, more often than not, at the expense of one’s physical and mental health.
It is not how much you do but rather how much you achieve in what you do. If you aim to explore and keep yourself busy, doing a lot of work can help. But in the long-term, this will only lead to burnout. Being productive is important but at your own pace. Make sure the amount of work you do makes you feel equally fulfilled. Life is a marathon, not a race. Sprinting is good, but if you are running at a pace you will not be able to maintain until the end of the finishing line, what’s the point?
Pushing yourself constantly to meet deadlines at all times can make you feel powerful. Except, how is one supposed to appreciate what they achieve if there is no time left even to process the completion of a task? Enjoy the process and grit you put in every day, and learn to love the process. However, despite your daily efforts, your work still feels like a burden, so maybe it is time to reconsider your priorities.
Lastly, as much as we beat ourselves up for our failures, we must also celebrate our successes with the same intensity. We need to exercise gratitude for what we achieve. Yes, things could always be better, but what you achieved RIGHT NOW is the best compared to your last. Enjoy the process and grit you put in every day, and learn to love the process.
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