If you're not familiar with this series of posts, and you want to catch up, the introduction is here.
Question #7: Are you doing what you believe in, or are you settling for what you are doing?
For most of my life, I've settled. I settled for Bs when I was more than capable of As. I settled for an embarrassingly low SAT score instead because I was more interested in drinking with my friends than getting into a good college. So, I settled for Albright College, and don't get me wrong, it was a great choice for me. It only worked out because I was lucky; it's not because I didn't settle. I settled into settling by that point: boyfriends, making very little money for very hard work, not getting married, not having a child, and doing the same thing day after day with no direction.
But I'm happy to say I'm not settling for very much anymore, and when I do, I know what I'm trading. I'm trading more money for working at home. I'm trading a nicer car for one that gets me (and a slew of dogs) from here to there safely.
And somethings I'm not trading at all. I'm not trading my studio for a guest room no one uses. I'm not trading a second dog for freedom on the weekends (who needs "freedom" when you have four big brown eyes to wake up anyway?). And I'm not trading myself and who I am for love or money or show.
So am I settling? Maybe in some things, but being settled in the life I really love isn't really settling all, now is it?
Question #7: Are you doing what you believe in, or are you settling for what you are doing?
For most of my life, I've settled. I settled for Bs when I was more than capable of As. I settled for an embarrassingly low SAT score instead because I was more interested in drinking with my friends than getting into a good college. So, I settled for Albright College, and don't get me wrong, it was a great choice for me. It only worked out because I was lucky; it's not because I didn't settle. I settled into settling by that point: boyfriends, making very little money for very hard work, not getting married, not having a child, and doing the same thing day after day with no direction.
But I'm happy to say I'm not settling for very much anymore, and when I do, I know what I'm trading. I'm trading more money for working at home. I'm trading a nicer car for one that gets me (and a slew of dogs) from here to there safely.
And somethings I'm not trading at all. I'm not trading my studio for a guest room no one uses. I'm not trading a second dog for freedom on the weekends (who needs "freedom" when you have four big brown eyes to wake up anyway?). And I'm not trading myself and who I am for love or money or show.
So am I settling? Maybe in some things, but being settled in the life I really love isn't really settling all, now is it?
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