The truth about Accomplished
I write this post knowing that I am at a great risk to being completely cliche. I accept this fully and take full responsibility for every overused ideology I'm bound to spout. But I think it's something to talk about because it's one of those things we all strive for that really doesn't have a definition. I guess my point is we live our entire lives chasing these unattainable ideologies just so we can call ourselves accomplished.
The thing that no one bothers to tell you is no matter how 'accomplished' you are there is always someone doing more. There will always be some one before you, along side you, or after you, accomplishing more than you. I don't say that to be discouraging, I actually think it's kinda motivating in it's own twisted way. It's good to want to do more. But I think if you only focus on the extent of someone else's success you're limiting yourself. There is no real best in life. Not really, sure there is the best ever or the best in the world but real glory is only for now. As humans evolve there will always be a better, so why limit ourselves to be the best. Ideas of perfection, peoples tastes, peoples views of accomplishment change faster than the weather. Why make the goal beating someone, or even worse, pleasing everyone else when the only person we really have to beat and please is ourselves.
I also understand there are some points in life where this is sense of competition is healthy. To an extent. Sports and work places thrive on this type of competition, its how our world operates and it's a good motivator for most people. But instead of focusing on how we can beat out another person, we should focus on how we can do something to the absolute best of our ability. Because that's where we as a society move forward. If you only look to beat out someone else you will only ever reach their level.
Maybe I'm the only one who feels this way, but if you are living your life just to beat others and appeal to an unattainable ideal, you aren't at least happy 63% of the time because you're constantly comparing yourself to everyone around you. Reevaluate. With every positive there's a negative, with every up there's a down. I'd like to believe there is no such thing as perfection and everyone is starting out on an equal playing field. Some things have just skewed our perception of what we're supposed to strive for and what we're supposed to want to be.
Maybe being accomplished is just being happy, maybe it's being independent, maybe it's helping others and making the world a better place. Maybe it's just trying to be the best person we could possibly be by our own standards. Maybe it's no longer attaining to someone else's idea of perfection and being confident in that we know how to live our own lives with out the blueprints of someone else's expectations. Whatever it is, whatever you make it, just make sure that you can live with basing your entire life, you're one shot at living, striving to achieve accomplishment.
The thing that no one bothers to tell you is no matter how 'accomplished' you are there is always someone doing more. There will always be some one before you, along side you, or after you, accomplishing more than you. I don't say that to be discouraging, I actually think it's kinda motivating in it's own twisted way. It's good to want to do more. But I think if you only focus on the extent of someone else's success you're limiting yourself. There is no real best in life. Not really, sure there is the best ever or the best in the world but real glory is only for now. As humans evolve there will always be a better, so why limit ourselves to be the best. Ideas of perfection, peoples tastes, peoples views of accomplishment change faster than the weather. Why make the goal beating someone, or even worse, pleasing everyone else when the only person we really have to beat and please is ourselves.
I also understand there are some points in life where this is sense of competition is healthy. To an extent. Sports and work places thrive on this type of competition, its how our world operates and it's a good motivator for most people. But instead of focusing on how we can beat out another person, we should focus on how we can do something to the absolute best of our ability. Because that's where we as a society move forward. If you only look to beat out someone else you will only ever reach their level.
Maybe I'm the only one who feels this way, but if you are living your life just to beat others and appeal to an unattainable ideal, you aren't at least happy 63% of the time because you're constantly comparing yourself to everyone around you. Reevaluate. With every positive there's a negative, with every up there's a down. I'd like to believe there is no such thing as perfection and everyone is starting out on an equal playing field. Some things have just skewed our perception of what we're supposed to strive for and what we're supposed to want to be.
Maybe being accomplished is just being happy, maybe it's being independent, maybe it's helping others and making the world a better place. Maybe it's just trying to be the best person we could possibly be by our own standards. Maybe it's no longer attaining to someone else's idea of perfection and being confident in that we know how to live our own lives with out the blueprints of someone else's expectations. Whatever it is, whatever you make it, just make sure that you can live with basing your entire life, you're one shot at living, striving to achieve accomplishment.
Pride and Prejudice:
“no one can be really esteemed accomplished who does not greatly surpass what is usually met with. A woman must have a thorough knowledge of music, singing, drawing, dancing, and the modern languages, to deserve the word; and besides all this, she must possess a certain something in her air and manner of walking, the tone of her voice, her address and expressions, or the word will be but half deserved.” Caroline Bingley
“All this she must possess,” added Darcy, “and to all this she must yet add something more substantial, in the improvement of her mind by extensive reading.” Mr. Darcy
“I am no longer surprised at your knowing only six accomplished women. I rather wonder now at your knowing any.” Elizabeth Bennet