Consul

There is the person that I would like to be, and there is the person that I am. There is definately a gap.

Why?...... I'm not sure. I can still become the person that I would like to be. It's not an un-reachable goal. I don't have wild expectations that are un-realistic or overly-ambitious. I have simple, sensible, and healthy visions of the way things could be for me.

The gap is slowwwwly decreasing. Another year passes and I am a little closer to becoming that person that I know I could be. Why is it taking so long?

According to humanistic psychologist Abraham Maslow.. we are motivated by a hierarchy of needs:

"If our psysiological needs are met, we become concerned with personal safety; if we achieve a sense of security, we then seek to love, to be loved, and to love ourselves; with our love needs satisfied, we seek self-esteem. Having achieved self-esteem, we ultimately seek self-actualization, the process of fullfilling our potential."

This is a good explanation I think.. but at the end of the week I will still look back and say I could have done more to become that person I envision. I am still working on this hierarchy of needs... but I know there is more I could be doing to work towards my goal: becoming the person I know that I am capable of being. Why can't I take those neccessary steps to reach my goal? I know exactly what I have to do.. but time passes and I don't really do it...... DAMNIT.



I'm not sure what the point is of this post. I guess putting it into words and reading it over and over gives me a better understanding. Can anyone else relate to what I am saying here? Maybe I'm just whining.. I don't know.

Lit_Match

To change your very person requires you be of pure logic. You must understand in entirety that practice does not make perfect, but perfect practice makes perfect. Obviously, to change yourself you must change for the positive your perception. Also equally obvious, to better your perception you must gain either great and various forms of knowledge, or an overall simple wisdom. I believe we as humans, are capable of being successful in whatsoever we seek to do. Even more so, you must remember ultimatly what success is.

oneeyemonkeypie

i got the same problem, but im getting real close to achiving who i should be. with me its just a matter of motivation, and it is probably the same for you. if its not the ignore me, but im sure at least some of your problems come from wanting to do more/be more effective or efficient etc.