Most of what people do all day falls into one of two boxes.
Box one is money: Your income, savings, the next promotion, or the bigger client.
Box two is pleasure and status: How you look, who likes you, where you ate, what you posted, or who saw it.
There’s nothing wrong with those things. Money matters. And pleasure makes life enjoyable. But if those are the only two scoreboards you use, your sense of self-worth will always depend on something outside of you.
I live a boring life. I’m 39, and most of my days look exactly the same. I work from a small office, take walks, see my family, lift weights, read, and write. That’s about it. And I love it. My 19-year-old self would scoff at […]
You sit down somewhere quiet. Maybe in a coffee shop. Maybe on your couch after a long day. And out of nowhere, a thought hits you. Why am I not more successful? Maybe you thought you’d have kids by now. Or a business that prints […]
My wife told me a story recently that I couldn’t get out of my head. Her close friend works as a waitress at a restaurant. Hard worker, nice person. One evening she made a mistake at a table of seven people. She served six dishes […]