It Ain't Bad Enough Yet?

Every few weeks or so, I experience a stressful patch where I feel overwhelmed and frustrated. It?is during these times that I try to come up with constructive ways to deal with the issues that do end up making me feel somewhat better and improve things.

It occurred to me when I was pondering how to get out of my comfort zone and make some big changes with my life, that when we 'Stay and Complain', we're about a hop, skip, and jump from being complacent.

While we can wait around to feel the pain and be forced into doing something very different and making the change, why should we? Why wait around to experience worse than what we already have? When will we declare "enough is enough" and actually do something?

We convince ourselves that 'It ain't bad enough yet' or we would be outta here!

This is of course complete bullshit!

More often than not, things are 'that bad' but we plan to deal with it 'someday' or we are hoping it will deal with itself. We are really just bullshittin' ourselves. We are creatures of habit and we are full of habits! While there is the possibility of things getting worse we shouldn't allow ourselves to get complacent and decide that because you?re doing OK now that it?s not that bad. Either it?s not as bad as you say it is which means you?re exaggerating and saying stuff for ?effect?, or things are not working for you. You?re existing, you?re managing, you?re getting by, but you don?t like how you?re doing it.

Our lives are full of habits and we are creatures of habit, even if they are bad ones that work against us.

We all have habits that we engage in that cause us frustration and yet we don?t do anything about them. Many of us get lost in the details, looking for understanding of why every last little thing is happening and rationalising the situation by finding even the smallest of anomalies to justify why our situation is different, why we may be the exception to the rule etc.

You don?t have to wait around to be really uncomfortable or be in immense pain. It?s your job to listen to yourself and heed the signs of your discomfort. Don?t fall into the trap of complaining but not really doing anything about it because the reality is, if you ignore the signs, you?ll keep revisiting the issue until you finally learn the lesson that the situation is throwing you.

Old habits die hard and it takes more than a concerted effort to bring about lasting change. If there is a will, there is a way and when people get fed up enough with themselves and their situations, they'll break those old habits.

It ain't bad enough yet? It is for me!

B&SD