Too much of a good thing, can be devastating.
In my chase for comfort, and the feelings it brings, I realized that being comfortable can be a curse, and can actually hold you back.
Life was meant to be lived on the edge. On the edge of your comfort zone, constantly pushing your abilities and strengths to do greater and greater things.
We don’t get prepared, then deliver. We grow into our challenges, and surpass them in the moment.
To keep on improving, what are 5 things you shouldn’t do too much of?
Waiting
For a long time, I was waiting, and it got me nowhere.
Patience is a virtue, but waiting too long, should be a sin.
It became a sin against me, and my abilities, and the people I could be helping, and the situations that I could be making an impact on with my talents and abilities.
Instead, I waited and did nothing.
I waited to build confidence in myself.
I waited for the right opportunities to come, whilst doing close to nothing.
I waited for my emotional wounds to heal, and for me to feel better.
I waited for people to accept me, to encourage me, and to give me chance.
And I waited in vain.
Because, instead of waiting, I could’ve just moved forward, tried, and learned.
I was too afraid of failing again, so I waited.
And wasted so much time.
Don’t waste your time waiting.
Instead, do something.
Staying in front of a screen
Because doing this for too long causes problems.
It caused my eye irritations and headaches from the constant blue light.
It affected my posture and eventually, discomfort from holding unhealthy positions, like my neck wasn’t straight.
It eventually contributed to my lower back problems.
It caused me migraines, and gave me difficulty sleeping, especially when I’m in front of the screen before I sleep.
I lose so much time, that could be used productively, that I instead waste watching too many videos or reading nonsense articles.
Life wasn’t meant to be lived in front of an electronic screen with pixels.
It’s meant to be lived with real people, and real living things, in the real environment.
Don’t spend too much time in front of a screen.
Choose to spend more time in the moment.
Eating and Drinking
Stress eating is a very real happening.
When I used to weigh 20 pounds more, and didn’t do any exercise, I would frequently eat, not because I was hungry, but I realize, to feel better about myself and what I was going through.
I was eating through my feelings.
And although I was able to overcome what I was going through, my health, my body, my self-confidence, all took a huge hit.
There’s a better way.
The human body was meant to use food as fuel, as energy, for survival.
But with all the abundance we have now, we don’t have to hunt for our food, use as much energy to get food, and we don’t have periods where we have totally no means of getting food, and we starve for a time.
Too much eating and drinking, and not a lot of exercise, or self-care, leads to us fooling ourselves.
We want to feel full-filled, but aren’t really fulfilled.
All the times I ate because of my feelings, a guilty feeling would eat away at me and my emotions after.
It’s not the solution.
Sitting
The human body evolved to move. But modern life, and especially, computer screens and the internet, has been making us move less and less.
Until a time comes when the human who have evolved, with us as their ancestors, will lose their ability to move, much less to stand up.
For two years, all I did was sit in front of a computer for a good part of my day, doing my work. I had no exercise, but even if I did, the whole days of sitting, good posture or not, took away even the most basic of my abilities.
If you don’t use it, you lose it.
Find ways to incorporate movement into your day, even simple things, like doing one push-up a day, for starters.
But please, find a way not to sit for the whole day.
Sleeping.
I love sleep. I love getting my hours in, because they make me feel relaxed and refreshed.
At the same time, I also found myself oversleeping. Especially during the days where I have a flexible schedule.
Especially during the time when I didn’t have a job, and wasn’t very productive.
I’d manage to get 10, 12 hours of sleep, and still feel sluggish when I wake up.
Sleeping too much isn’t only a counterproductive activity in itself, it’s also a symptom, that there’s something going on in your life.
Something that’s not pushing you to wake up, and make an impact on the lives of people. Something that keeps you in bed, still, unmoving, and afraid.
I was like that once. I had bouts where I wanted to just keep on sleeping, and not wake up, because, “what’s the use?”
Sleep is rest, yes. Sleep gives us energy, yes, but not completely.
The right amount of sleep. Too much sleep, actually robs us of energy, and we become sluggish in the process.
Everything in moderation, even sleep.
Everything in moderation.
Because too much of a good thing, is a bad thing.
And not everything I shared here can be a good thing, necessarily.
Take care of yourself, and keep on finding new, and better, ways to take care of yourself.
We shouldn’t do too much of the things that we do.
Except:
Making a difference.
Living your purpose.
Making the world a better place.
We can never do too much of those things.
What things shouldn’t we do too much of? Please share in the comments below!
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