To be or not to be

I came across couple of  people who have either burnt out or about to burn out.  After listening to them I realized that they are trying too hard to be someone/something when their true nature is not that. It figures. We belong to the generation where we were brought up to " be something" even if we have that thing in us or not.  You know what it is OK if you are not something. Everyone is not supposed to be anything at all.

Chill.

  

Actually we measure our worth by being something. Achievements, status and fame type delulu gets us validation we starve for. All we need some work which should satisfy our soul rather than satisfy people around us.  Then comes motivational speakers who motivate fish to climb tree and monkey to swim. Let fish swim, and monkey climb tree. We live in a time where it looks like everything is possible if we work hard.

Everyone has different story. 

In the quest of being something we constantly overwhelm ourselves by a high volume of unnecessary tasks, tight deadlines, and unrealistic expectations without realizing whether we can do it or not. It  lead to burnout. We  feel we have too much on our plate and insufficient time or resources to complete the work, it can cause emotional exhaustion and stress. There comes a time when we hit rock bottom. It is because we are doing something against our nature.