Balance (Where you are, where you want to be)

“Wherever you are isn’t good enough'“ - Jordan Peterson

There is a conflict that can develop in you when wanting better while also desiring to be grateful of what you have, and knowing to be grateful with where you currently are. Sometimes, or for some people, this can create a sense of hypocrisy. It is understandable, but do not take yourself away from that someone can be comfortable at a moment in time while pursuing something greater. There are those who have a level of complacency, which is satisfaction of their current position, with few objections, and little desire or motivation to change their current life situation. A “situation” is not to imply a bad thing.

So many people stay where they are, and we have witnessed it, experienced it, maybe going through it, yet so many of those people are unknowingly complacent or not at all. So many may claim to want more, want better, complain about certain situations, are unhappy with what they have or do not have, yet continue to live as if where they is what they can settle with. Here’s the thing: where A LOT of people are is good enough. It is better than where they may have been before, maybe better than the lives of others around them. Yes, however, there are some issues I have. One is, “it can always be worse.” It can also be better. Almost everywhere we go, school, work, the store, home, club, parks, there is someone complaining about something they could change, something they want to do but choose not to, yet there is no motivation or action to change the changeable. A lo of that has to do with fear, and some level of complacency.

Jordan Peterson said, “Wherever you are isn’t good enough.” This is good, because you have some level of motivation or desire to do better, get better, and “good enough” just leads someone to have nothing left except watch television until the end of time. We are unable to live this way because without a sense of purpose, without giving the mind something to solve or work on, we enter a state of autopilot and lack of progress. Insufficiency drives people to work towards what they define as success.

Complacency is accepted because it keeps the majority where they are, and it is easy to do. Not falling into that idea can be a challenge, especially as one ages, as one starts family. That is when differentiating complacency from comfort becomes critical.