I had not achieved anything in my life until I understood this one thing
You, me and every other person on Earth know a lot about how to be successful. From a young age, the world has been surrounding us with one clear message: You can be great if you roll up your sleeves and earn it. The problem is … it does not work on anyone.For many years, I knew what to do to have a healthy and strong body. Despite this, I spent my free time watching Netflix instead of going to the gym. I knew what to do to have successful relationships. Despite this, I lived with a sense of resentment towards my partners and family. I knew what to do to advance my career. Despite this, I was stuck in a place, in a job that gave neither satisfaction nor good money. I kept thinking how great it would be to get out of the version of myself that I am and become someone I want to be. That was my only source of motivation: the thought that I was not ok. With this motivation, I started to take action. I went to the gym because, after all, the body I have now is ugly. I went on a course because, after all, now I’m incompetent. To act with such motivation was sad. Every day, striving for something better, I thought badly of myself. This weakened my psyche and took the joy out of life. I would explode with anger at my faults and then for a brief moment I would pick myself up. And when the anger tired me out, I would go back to my old lifestyle: Netflix, boring work and ruined relationships. Until one day I came up with an idea. A banal one. I thought: maybe there’s another reason why I should do things? Maybe it’s not about being some other version of myself at all? I realised that difficult things are only done willingly out of love. If you love yourself, you won’t eat junk because you’re convinced your body deserves better. If you love yourself, you will have a serious conversation with your partner because you are convinced you deserve a good relationship. If you love yourself, you will dare to change career because you know your passions are important and worth pursuing.
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