“The unexamined life is not worth living.” Socrates
I think as humans we find it's easier to give advice than to take it (even if it's our own advice). Often times, the world is going by us so fast that it's often hard to take time to slow down and think. You only have 24 hours in a day and we spend 8 of them sleeping, 8 of them working and who knows really how we spend the remaining 8 most of the time.
I'll admit that I'm one of those people, it's hard for me to slow down; usually I operate between the realms of mania and hurried anxiety which of course leads me to eventually crash and burn and I don't leave my bed for a weekend but I digress...
The point I'm making is that we need to take that time sometimes, even if it bothers us, even if it goes against our nature and just figure out what the hell we are doing, is this path we are on working for us or were we led to believe that it would. If we "checked in" with ourselves as much as we checked in with our close family and friends, I think there would be more people in the world happy with their lives and their place in this world.
Or maybe, that's just my wishful thinking. Either way, I'm taking the time to change my path and pursue other things because what I was doing prior was not working for me, so far I'm nervous but I'm happier every day, so I have to be doing something right.
