Don't do what deadens you · 5:15am Jul 27th, 2015
You have to realize that a lot of people are unhappy. You know why? It's because people are forcing themselves to do things they don't really want to do. People would get so much further in life if they only did what gave them life. I'm not saying that there will never be a time you don't have to work hard or do something that you don't find fun. I'm saying that doing things that go against your spirit is what is making this life much harder than it needs to be. Maybe you have a high paying job that you hate. You will burn yourself out emotionally in order to keep it. That self inflicted pain is not worth it. Say your friends make fun of you, but you let them in order to keep them. The emotional trauma isn't worth it. Say a relationship is not going well and makes you feel like shit. Trying to hold it together through willpower isn't going to cut it. All these things are examples of things that people feel obligated to do. Quit your job. Cut off friends. Break up. Do the next thing that brings you up. When life gets you down, look for what you can do to make it better. There is always a way.
