You are not going to believe this: I have just written up a post on the topic of busyness and it disappeared into thin air in the middle of spell-check! Yes, I should have saved it so it's really my fault...speaking of heart-breaks, I have something else to share instead.
After 4 decades of being a human on earth and the experiences accumulated hitherto, I dare to say that I don't intend to commit in everything I do. In fact, I prefer not to commit a full 100%. Yes, it sounds unprofessional and even a vice to most people but I am doing it to protect myself from future heart-breaks and disappointment. I don't like to be unappreciated when I have made an effort to perfect a task. I don't need humiliation when people start making comparison. I don't like it when people make me feel like shit and useless just because they themselves have a problem and need to lash it out, or that they have to step all over you to cover up their inadequacies. I just don't have the time and energy to be constantly let down and disappointed.
I share his sentiment when Neil McCauley said in 'Heat', "Allow nothing in your life that you cannot walk out on in 30 seconds flat.". Whatever I bring into my life, I must be able to walk away from at a moment's notice. To do this, we need to practise 'detachment'.
As we evolve, what we already have, be it a job, a relationship, or a habit, changes and our readiness to walk away means that we are willing to grow and to pursue a better version of ourselves. We ought to walk away when situations no longer add value to our lives (or worse, when they drain value from our lives).
C.S Lewis said, "Don't let your happiness depend on something you may lose." I can't agree more.
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