You Will Never Be Enough
So stop hoping for satisfaction
A few decades ago, if you were born in a village, you would likely spend your entire life there or in the nearby surroundings. Your heroes were local and seemed within reach.
Today, the internet has turned the entire world into a village. Your heroes may live thousands of kilometers away, and their achievements can seem unattainable.
Comparison made me unsatisfied with my life. I sometimes feel envious and unlucky, as if I’m missing out on the precious time that I have been given to live down here.
At the same time, I feel lucky to live where I live and have the life I have. Modernity, despite its criticisms, offers you access to infinite knowledge at a low cost and reach billions of people with just a click.
So yeah, seeing all those great successes motivates me to do more in my life. But this is also what makes me suffer. Suffer from the thought that I am not enough.
For a long time, I wanted to stop feeling this way, believing it would boost my self-confidence. But It turns out that’s not quite the case…
There will always be people who are better looking, more competent, richer, and stronger than you. With today’s ease of comparing ourselves to the top 1% of the 1%, feeling complete seems…
