Unhappiness is always the result of an outcome not meeting our expectations.
I’d say low expectations is the solution to a lot of unhappiness. The way we value things is always based on relative percentages: am I making more or less money than last year? Are my grades going up or down? Am I going up in the world? But this desire for this kind of growth isn’t usually something we’ve usually decided to value ourselves – it’s something society foists on us.
Never forget why you’re really doing what you’re doing. Are you helping people? Are they happy? Are you happy? Are you profitable? Isn’t that enough?
Note: A quote from Derek Sivers.
The Comfortable Pain Principle: Give a man a tolerable job that pays just enough to provide mediocre comfort and I’ll show you a man who won’t change a damn thing.
Note: From Unscripted - The Great Rat-Race Escape by MJ DeMarco. Resurfaced using Readwise.
From Unscripted - The Great Rat-Race Escape by MJ DeMarco. Resurfaced using Readwise.