Society’s Expectations vs Personal Endeavours
- Matthew Farrell
- Jun 17, 2016
- 2 min read
Is there something you want to do in life that you dismiss as nothing more than a farfetched and outlandish fantasy? Whether that be travelling the world in your teens, being a full time blogger or pursuing a career as a professional musician, everyone has their ‘reasons’ or excuses for pushing their dreams aside. It’s almost as if life has a set framework we’re all supposed to abide by and it can be difficult to break that mould. But failure to do so accompanies a silent acquiescence of the path in life you’re already walking down whilst the sand in your hourglass begins to run low.
As time slips away, your window of opportunity diminishes and also with time, comes limitation with the proliferating weights of responsibility and expectation that accumulate with age, so maybe now is the ‘right time’ you may be stalling for after all.
Most people are under the illusion they have ‘no choice’ as to what they can do with their own life when the truth is; everyone dictates their own future. Who is preventing you packing up tomorrow and leaving your current life behind forever? No one. Most people earn a living, raise a family before proceeding to see out the rest of their existence knowing they didn’t push themselves to their absolute limit.
It’s up to an individual to make their dream happen yet they’ll still complain despite being idle, failing to actively change the situation they find themselves in. If you put yourself at a level beneath others simply to please them, how can you ever expect to reach the level you crave, whatever that may be?
Stepping out of your comfort zone opposes the subconscious reluctance to change that is merely a part of human nature. People are so stuck in their daily routines that they forget there is more to life than their confined, suppressed existence. This combined with the intangible fear of failure provides the main stumbling block, the challenge of conquering these personal hurdles is of paramount importance in embracing the individual you desire to metamorphose into.
Rejection, as well as fear of the unknown, being common phobias in modern society, have made this process of overcoming these obstacles a rarity today as the willingness to stand out has dissolved amongst today’s concordant population.
Society would become dysfunctional should everyone achieve their dream occupation and perfect ideological lifestyle. Whilst this is true, people seem to give up far too easily. I’m not saying everyone can achieve every ambition they’ve ever had as that would be delusional and unrealistic, however, I am saying that each and every one of us should refuse to accept a world that we do not enjoy living in and spend every day looking forward to the next.
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