Episode 111
striving vs. settling and how i’m finding a balance
This is something that’s come up in my journaling, in conversations with friends, and in therapy so much recently, so I wanted to bring it to the podcast. Throughout this year I feel I’ve fluctuated between mindsets of striving and settling and it’s caused me to question and try to understand what those two words mean to me, how each of them feel, and what the potential pros and cons are of living in one extreme or the other. Ultimately, I’ve been trying to find a balanced between striving and settling and this is what I’ve discovered and learned along the way.
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00:00 introduction
01:55 october in paris and taking dance classes
06:10 finding the balance between striving and settling
07:55 the hidden cost of striving
10:56 paris was never meant to fix everything
13:17 the optimization trap and social media
16:33 just because we can, doesn’t mean we should
19:55 redefining what ‘settling’ means to me
22:58 gratitude for the good we already have
24:31 three lessons to take away
