Sometimes Less Is More

Social media makes it easy to feel extremely depressed these days. Because, here you are having a nice day and thinking of your $1,000 pay check, next second you are seeing a tweet of some 19 year old making over $200k in crypto just by selling an ape NFT. You craw into sudden depression, wishing it was you. You start looking at the age difference between yourself and the 19 year old and start trying to reflect on what you are doing wrong with your life. At 19, you were probably worth $20, and haven’t seen over $1k at that age. But here you have a 19 year old making $200k.

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Lots of people find theirselves in this position, you check social media and a lot of people are celebrating their wins. Either celebrating their new car, their new house, new business deal, traveling over 100 countries, getting married, or hitting $1 Million. But here is you, sitting on your couch, watching their social media highlight, this can be so depressing, making you feel like you have less, thereby making you unappreciative for the one you have. When I was 12 years old, I heard one of the most inspiring story in the world. Let me share that with you, I hope you learn from it.

There once a fisherman who only catches 10 fishes a day, sell them off, goes back home to be with his family. Plays with his children, spends quality time with his family, sit down at the beach and enjoy the sunset. This man was grateful with this lifestyle, he felt fulfilled, he felt like the most accomplished man in the world. One day a journalist met this man, asked him how many fishes does he catch a day, he told him 10. The man then told him that if he spent more time catching fishes he would catch more, may be 50 or 100. The fisherman then asked, after that what next, the journalist said, he can sell them, make money, create a big fish company empire. The fisherman said, after that what next, the journalist said, he can move to the city, explore the world and never have to work again, the fisherman said after that, what next, the journalist said, then you can come back and have great time with your kids, play with them and watch the sunset. The fisherman asked, how long will it take him to achieve all this? The journalist said 10 to 15 years, the farmer said, but I am doing all that now. I don’t have to wait 10 to 15 years to do all that with my kids and family, I am doing all that today.

Doing your best but don’t always compare yourself with others, be grateful for what you have. If you are naturally an overachiever, try to find balance, because sometimes less is more.

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