Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. The rings from the scanner at the grocery store are a monotonous tone everyone becomes accustomed to very quickly. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Your fridge fills up as your checking account is depleted. Welcome to the never ending cycle of the rest of your life. By doing this you're not committing any mistakes. That is in itself a mistake. Confusing? Yes. Solvable? Of course.
There are plenty of never ending cycles that we can't break away from. Necessary ones include sleep, eating, and wearing clothes(most parts of the world). The cycles that most people tend to be unhappy with are the ones that they have the most control over. Case in point: I'm a college junior/senior. I have had a minimum wage job since high school...the same job. I won't drop names right now, but my make believe job title was Burger Maker/ Fry Shaker Extraordinaire. Like most firsts in one's life, there is a sense of attachment that you can't shake off. Like a first love or the first goal you ever scored, there are things or people you'll never let go. This job was definitely one of them.
I used the reasoning that the job was temporary. Temporary until I could find something better and made me happier. I don't know if it was the intoxicating grease or free food, but I stayed around way too long. This is a problem in many people's lives. They keep on sticking around and toughing it out until it gets better. You know quitters never win, I think I can, or even slow and steady wins the race. These are all mindsets that I and other people seep into. It's a curse given to us by all feel good movies expressing the notion that life is always better in the end, the hero always wins, the geek always gets the girl. Don't get me wrong, I love those movies wholeheartedly, but none should look up to them for answers to life's questions.
With all of the reasons to stay in a place for longer than one anticipated, one has to figure out when they are out of reasons. That beep from the grocery store scanner will no longer be a routine sound. It will eat at you day and night filling you with dread and quite a bit of hostility. SO MOVE ON. Do you want to be another sappy story that's spread around the family dinner table at Thanksgivings and Christmases? I think not.
It's the age old belief that if you continue to produce the same effort for the same equation you'll get the same result. This is also characterized as insanity. Serial killers repeat their processes. They have a routine. They don't break it for fear of change. They always get the same result. They are insane. Don't become a serial killer.
Monotony is more common than flu season. Mostly, because it knows no season. I have moved on from many things and people. There are also plenty of things that I haven't moved on from. Most importantly, I moved on from my job. One where I was comfortable. Knowledgeable. Confident. Safe. Those are all good feelings to have don't get me wrong. But, you already know those feelings, people, and places. Moving on can be scary and tough. It could be fulfilling, or atomically blow up in your face.
You don't have to make big changes right away. You don't have to face Goliath or your maker right now. Make the small changes you see can be changed. It'll be knew, refreshing, and re-vitalizing all at the same time.
I could get more in-depth here but, I have more mistakes to commit. So go on make the mistake of leaving your comfort zone. Make room for more mistakes. You can't say you've tried everything until you've failed everything. So move on from the good, and become great. Great people do great things. Great people go to heaven. There you go. Life solved.
"May the roads be rough and the waves course, so you may figure out to overcome them."
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