Enough: The Happy Antidote to the Relentless Pursuit of More
‘If we have MORE’, we reason, ‘life will be better!’ But, will it?
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A funny thing happens when you’re no longer willing to accept life happening to you; when you take the reins and decide instead to build it on your own terms.
If you’re not careful, or you’re simply naive (like I was), you can very easily end up swapping one gilded cage for another.
The biggest trap of all?
A false belief that freedom lies in achieving some undefined more.
Here’s what I mean:
For most of us stuck in the hustle, bustle and grind of the every day, we’re so wrapped up in what we DON’T have. Specifically, we worry about not having enough.
There’s not enough money to make ends meet, or to do the things we desire to. There’s not enough time to fit everything in, or to spend on the activities or with the people we most want to. There’s not enough colour or magic that comes from pursuing the things that feel good to us, and that give us energy and life.
And so, desire builds for what we perceive to be the opposite of not enough:
MORE.
‘If we have MORE’, we reason, ‘life will be better!’
If we’re ambitious and driven enough (innately, or because of tragedy or circumstance the pain of staying put becomes more painful than that of taking action), we start to actively chase that undefined ‘more’. More money. More time. More fulfillment. More of everything, with no guardrails to keep us in check and no clearly defined endpoint or ‘more’ finish line.
We assume that eventually, the relentless pursuit of more will unlock the freedom, or success, or fulfilment, or happiness we seek.
Only, it doesn’t. It was never going to.
Why? Because more isn’t a destination to be reached, after which you can consider yourself successful and ‘free’. It’s a false oasis, and it puts us on a hamster with no ‘end’ point. And really, that’s the whole point of more, isn’t it – that there’s always more of it.
And so, chasing it as the antidote to ‘not enough’ is a fool's game. It ends up becoming a trap more insidious than the not enoughness we were trying to escape in the first place.
Here’s what I propose:
To ditch more as the antidote for not enough. To shelve silly absolutes as the ‘postcard’ for what true freedom looks like. And instead, to define and then intentionally chase the opposite.
Not MORE, but instead?
Enough.
A defined goal, which is all success is anyway – knowing what you want, and getting it. Not more. Not the most. But enough.
So, let me ask you – what is your enough?
Enough money.. to live well, to enjoy life, and eventually to make work optional?
Enough time.. to serve well, to live a well-rounded life and to enjoy the work you do, too?
And enough of the things that fulfil you .. so that you can weave them into your every day and feel energised, spirited and on most days, with a pep in your step? What is that for you?
Knowing your enough will unlock everything.
And it requires less of you, in every way – and still gives you everything you want.
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