Yep...MY life. Heck, everyone’s life is a mess...that’s life. The question is, are you constantly working on cleaning up and dialing things in or are you living in your own personal pigsty?
Whenever I talk with people about getting better and winning in any area of life, I remind them that we are all screwed up...we are all a mess. So don’t beat yourself up, and don’t stop moving forward if things aren’t going the way you want...no one is perfect. You need to be committed every day to improving...committed to cleaning up your mess. You can’t be satisfied with the status quo and just accept what life deals you. Life is complicated and can deal you some pretty crappy cards. I see so many people who just wallow in the self-pity of the hand they are dealt. It takes constant attention and hard work.
Metaphorically, imagine you are living in your home, and you never run the vacuum, do the dishes, do the laundry, scrub the bathrooms, mow the lawns…you never clean up. Of course your house will become a filthy pigsty if you don’t maintain it.
Well...life works exactly the same way...no matter how dialed in you think you are, things get messy and you need to constantly be cleaning them up…your job, your relationships, your finances, your health, etc. If you don’t stay on top of stuff and aren’t constantly cleaning up, over time, the mess gets so out of control that you become too overwhelmed and throw your hands in the air. This is not a winning formula, and unfortunately this is what I see a lot of people doing.
So, how do we clean things up…how do we get dialed in to win and stay there? The first thing is to admit to ourselves that things are never going to be perfect. Every day for our entire lives, we must be committed to cleaning up while scrapping and clawing to move forward. We have to accept that there will be hurdles and obstacles along the way. There will be people and situations constantly attempting to throw their mess on us. We simply cannot accept it...we have to clean it up and move forward.
Accept that life is messy and hard, but don’t let that stop you...and be committed every day to clean up and get better...EVERYDAY!