It is remarkable how much mediocrity we live with, surrounding ourselves with daily reminders that the average is acceptable.
The average is acceptable.
Hmmm... I think with me, being average has just been the most comfortable? Like, never going above and beyond, never lagging behind, but just doing the bare minimum? Me all the way. Never having to worry about the pressure that comes with having to always excell in work. Not worrying about the disapointment that comes across so often when the requirements are not met. Always doing just enough.
And I think that was the problem? Doing just enough. What qualifies as enough in the effort we put into our daily life? Why must we feel the need to do more if the average is acceptable? Why put more effort into something if the task can be completed with moderate effort?
Because we can always do more.
Heck I know that I was kinda rambling with those questions up there and I honestly still struggle with them sometimes. But I would be lying if I didn't think them slightly pessimestic. I used to wonder why being average was ... hmmm not bad, but stagnant? I guess?, because it wasn't like I was going to make a grand statment anyway. But that was it, never moving forward for anything and falling for everything.
In my college years I think it was the worst. "Just pass the course and get a job" "You dont need to be the best, you just need to pass". I think even then, with me putting in all my effort into those classes I was okay being average. And honestly, its probably engrained in my bones by now.
Today though, I want to change that. Today and every day from now on. To push myself to be beyond average. To excell in something and know that it is better than Just Enough.
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