Don't Try to Glorify an Untrodden Path: A Rational Guide to Life Choices and Side Hustles
Don't Try to Glorify an Untrodden Path
Don't choose another path just because of temporary pain. Maybe it's not as good as you think.
There are many reasons and influencing factors for everyone to make a decision. One of them is to escape the current pain and choose to do something else or take another path.
For daily trivial matters, it doesn't matter much. But for really important things, be more rational. For example, many people find going to work painful and unbearable. They think the life is too boring, too depressing, and they lack freedom.
So they want to quit their jobs, change to a new one, become freelancers, or even start a business. If it's just for this reason, sorry, the same situation will happen within three months. If you don't adjust your mindset, this kind of situation will keep recurring.
Because pain and difficulties will come again. You haven't really solved them. Some problems can be avoided, some can't, and you may encounter new and more difficult problems.
I've seen many people keep changing based on this reason. It's also common in side hustles. They keep starting new projects from scratch. Some problems can't be avoided. Only by facing and solving them can you move on to the next stage.
I also have this problem. In the past six months, I've realized that some problems are destined to be solved. The only difference is that the solutions vary depending on the path.
Are side hustles, freelancing, or light entrepreneurship easier than a regular job? No, they are more difficult. You'll face more problems and have a heavier workload. Of course, everyone has different tolerance and personalities.
What's difficult for you may be easy for others, or they may be more willing to accept it. You won't know until you try.
So, if you're in pain, does it mean you can't change or leave?
Of course not. I just don't suggest making it the only reason or exaggerating your pain. Don't be too subjective and emotional. And you need to judge the most important thing: do you have other better options?
Your state is like your good fortune. When you're in a good state, you'll have more motivation and better execution. A person's health, emotions, and feelings are very important, but reality doesn't always go your way.
Some people are too tense and easily influenced. They have too high expectations for the environment, which greatly reduces their sense of happiness and the scope of their livable environment.
Some people are happy with 10 points, while others need 100 points. You can imagine the difference in their choices.
They say that lowering your expectations will bring you surprises. Some subjective emotional problems, like disappointment and exhaustion, are caused by setting expectations too high. Objectively speaking, it may not have much impact.
You may have many choices or just a few, depending on your tolerance and ability.
The greater your tolerance and ability, the wider your range of choices.
Doing a side hustle can improve your ability and increase your ability to resist risks. For example, some people can live on 1000 yuan a month, while others need 10,000 yuan. That's the difference in tolerance.
Don't try to glorify a path you haven't walked on.
Once you really understand this, you can be more rational when making choices, and reduce the regret of making the wrong choice again, going back to square one, or being in the same situation as before.
If a person often makes the wrong choices, whether it's choosing the wrong path or the wrong person, it's not a matter of luck but of ability. It's about the logic and principles behind each choice.
When you have a wrong choice model, most of your choices will be wrong. That's why many people often meet 'bad guys', the so - called 'bad - attracting' personality.
It's not because of bad luck, but because their choice logic is destined to lead them to such people, and they'll exclude others.