Doubting Yourself - Vent Session
I'm exhausted.
That's a sentence I've probably said at least twice daily for the past month and a half. This is partly due to a mental dichotomy I've created.
On the one hand I look at my life as objectively as possible. I see myself as a upper-middle class guy who has a pretty idealistic life. I live in one of the wealthiest cities in North America. I can afford to go shopping, go out for dinner and treat myself. I really don't have much to complain about.
But, on the other side I am a full time student who is expected to be doing school work 24/7. I have five courses and basically am reading a text book a week. I need to balance my eating and physical / mental health, social life and online career (whatever that is exactly) with going to classes and assignments. (plus I'm fucking sick right now so that doesn't help my mood >.< )
I've been thinking about this because I want to commit to posting videos and blogs regularly but I'm really not motivated right now. Whatever free time I do get I spend just mindlessly watching Youtube videos or scrolling the internet or staring at blank walls and thinking about my existence. I know I should be spending my time wisely. I should be using those free periods to get whatever stuff I need done, done. But I just can't get myself to get up and do ... whatever it is I need to do. It's not for a lack of mentally motivation. Hypothetically I have a bunch of stuff I want to get done and that I know would better myself as a person. That's just it though, its hypothetical. It hasn't been done or created yet because I actually would need to get up and DO whatever it is that needs doing.
That then started me thinking even more about if I'm expecting too much of myself. Should I relax the standards I try and keep in favour of maybe more realistic expectations. If I do that though, I feel like success would pass me by. That I wouldn't get anywhere because I haven't done anything to start me on the path I see myself walking.
I don't know if any of this made sense at all but Its something that's been on my mind recently and I wanted to just get it out and talk about it.
I would love to hear about your experiences and if you feel something similar. I want to know I'm not that crazy.
I'm going to try and film a video tomorrow, but because I didn't bring my camera setup with me I'm going to attempt to shoot it on my iPhone...
We'll see how that goes.
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