A question
Oct. 28th, 2010 12:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dampscribbler"The time has come," the Walrus said,
"To talk of many things:
Of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax--
Of cabbages--and kings--"
How do I know when (or if) I am "living up to my potential"?
I always feel like no matter what I am doing it is neither good enough nor just plain enough. Now I'm starting to feel like maybe I'm doing too much, and spreading myself too thin, and I can't figure out whether I'm supposed to stick it out and learn how to be "better" (do more, be more, achieve more) or whether I need to draw a line and say, in the immortal (?)* words of Popeye: "I yam what I yam and that's all what I yam."
So, how do you decide?
Thanks.
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* It occurred to me as I typed this that Popeye cartoons aren't on anymore, and today's generation of kids may have never heard that amazing phrase. I feel a little sad to think about that.
"To talk of many things:
Of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax--
Of cabbages--and kings--"
How do I know when (or if) I am "living up to my potential"?
I always feel like no matter what I am doing it is neither good enough nor just plain enough. Now I'm starting to feel like maybe I'm doing too much, and spreading myself too thin, and I can't figure out whether I'm supposed to stick it out and learn how to be "better" (do more, be more, achieve more) or whether I need to draw a line and say, in the immortal (?)* words of Popeye: "I yam what I yam and that's all what I yam."
So, how do you decide?
Thanks.
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* It occurred to me as I typed this that Popeye cartoons aren't on anymore, and today's generation of kids may have never heard that amazing phrase. I feel a little sad to think about that.
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Date: 2010-10-28 10:45 pm (UTC)So, who decides what your potential is, and whether you have reached it? Do you suspect that striving, reaching further, trying harder will make you happier? Or, will it decrease your overall satisfaction? Will the journey to Reached My Potential be pleasurable? If not, will it be worth it when you get there? It is possible to work another question into this paragraph?