Not everything in life is clean. On the contrary, life is pretty darn messy. Messiness is a given.
Your job is to do your job while also dealing with the mess.
The mess could be a noisy cubemate, a bad boss, an impossible deadline, conflicting priorities, or an out-of-whack personal life. The mess could be unclear directions, a desire to be someplace else, or a presentation scheduled for the day after your best friend’s wedding.
It could be the wrong outfit on a day when you really need to be dressed perfectly.
You get the point.
If we accept that life is a story, and that we are all protagonists in our own stories, then we also need to accept that every story has conflict… also known as, the mess.
You can’t on the one hand complain that your life is boring, that you’re a cog in the machine, and on the other complain when life’s messiness throws you out of your routine and shakes up your story. That’s called Not Knowing What You Want in Life.
Mess is inevitable. It’s part of what makes your life story interesting.
Don’t complain. Nobody likes a whiny protagonist.
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That’s a great way to frame the issue. “The mess” is change, dynamism, story: fun! It’s like somebody on the radio used to say: “If life doesn’t meet your expectations, please adjust your expectations….”
That’s a great way to frame the issue. “The mess” is change, dynamism, story: fun! It’s like somebody on the radio used to say: “If life doesn’t meet your expectations, please adjust your expectations….”
@Ken—thanks.
@Bye—I’m having déja vu.