Life is hard.

Like, really fucking hard.

It’s confusing. Frustrating. Depressing. Annoying. Tedious.

It seems like you’re never going to get it right.

But, that’s the whole point.

You should never feel comfortable because you’ll never get it 100% right.

There is no end.

It should be challenging.

It should be hard.

You also shouldn’t believe that the next thing – whether it be a material item or promotion or pay increase – will finally make you feel like you’ve made it.

It won’t.

So you shouldn’t expect your next achievement to feel like you can finally relax and be content.

You won’t.

Unless you change your perspective.

Think of each step as a move closer to becoming the best version of yourself.

As Reid Hoffman says, “Permanent beta is essentially a lifelong commitment to continuous personal growth. Get busy livin’, or get busy dyin’.”

That’s exactly it.

You will never be a finished product.

That next thing won’t make you feel whole.

That promotion will feel good for a little while, but it will wear off.

Do things instead that will make your current and future self feel good.

Being a great father or husband or sister or friend.

That’s what we should really focus on.

The people around us.

The positive impacts you can have on someone.

That’s what should drive us.

Individual achievements are great but having a positive impact on someone else is the mission.