The motto he who is content is happy is actually nonsense. That is, sometimes you should be content and not throw your whole life away just because you think you still have a lot of hair and a lot of possibilities. Other times instead you should hold on to what you have.
How to choose between these two possibilities?
There is no rule, it takes common sense. But at least a small list of occasions in which you should not settle can be made. At the end add your suggestions.
16 Things You Shouldn’t Settle For
#1 Being the last thought of someone you love.
#2 Accepting any job just because you can’t find anything better. I know you have to work to eat, but your time is limited and you have to try to make the most of it.
#3 Standing still wondering whether or not to make a choice. Don’t let yourself get swallowed up by that limbo built on risk and fear.
#4 Accepting a love just so you don’t have to be alone.
#5 Living in a place you don’t like.
#6 Abandoning your passions due to lack of time. You can’t confine what you like to do in a few moments of life.
#7 Giving the minimum amount of effort into something you don’t care about instead of putting in the maximum amount of effort into something you truly enjoy.
#8 Making others happy without worrying about finding someone to make you happy.
#9 Using your free time to relax and lounge around when you could be doing something you enjoy.
#10 Just thinking nostalgically about what you’ve done in the past instead of worrying about building new memories.
#11 Getting dragged by your friends into activities that bore you.
#12 Do only necessary things and forget about frivolous ones.
#13 Seeing life only through your smartphone.
#14 Absorbing other people’s opinions without bothering to build your own.
#15 Only hang out with people you know and leave no room in your life for strangers.
