“There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult.” 

~ Warren Buffett

We’ve all felt the following: We’re frustrated about something. A friend or spouse asks what we want. Our response goes something like this: “I don’t know what I want, but I know I don’t want this.” This simply sets us up for more anger and frustration. We continue to wallow, full of self-pity and resentment. An example – you’re angry about your job. You bitch and complain but feel stuck, so you do nothing. Simply venting and reliving the same emotions day after day, month after month, sometimes year after year. It’s your version of the movie “Groundhog Day”. 

The bottom line is nothing is going to change until you step back, calmly examine what you want to happen, and why. Frequently, the solution is not that difficult; you’ve simply not taken the effort to step back, force yourself to list your options, examine what you want and make the necessary changes. Many times we’re simply afraid to attempt something different (lazy, rigid thinking). We take the path of least resistance and continue spending a non-renewable resource (our time, our life) pursuing something we don’t want.

I went through this in my own career. Health issues in the family gave me that final necessary shove forward. I should have made changes years ago, but thank goodness I finally cleared that hurdle. Don’t waste the time I wasted. Figure out what you really want and why. The progress you can make will astonish you. Become your own version of “shock and awe”.

“You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.”  ~ Abraham Lincoln