Am I A Hyprocrite???
For as long as I can remember, I've had a problem with people around me saying they ought to do something and then conveniently forget about it. I guess I don't understand the reason why they express their intention or desire only to do nothing to achieve it.
Perhaps it's only to make themselves feel better that they have taken the first step in reaching their goals? Or maybe its due to lack of preseverance in carrying out the tasks that they initially set out to perform.
It has come to a point where I'm beginning to get confused myself. Due to me still living under my parent's roof, I am constantly bombarded by 'advice' from my parents ranging from "You should study more if you want to pass your MBA with flying colours" to "You really need to lose some weight, you're at least 5 kgs overweight".
At times, I am unable to separate what I want and what is expected of me. I seem to be trapped in a whirlwind of expectations projected upon me by my loved ones and friends. I genuinely hope what I'm going through is not a pre-mature mid-life crisis. =)
Getting back to the topic, I have long believed that I am able to maintain a high level of discipline in my life. Hence, if i want to achieve a particular goal, I am fully capable of succeeding in that task regardless of the trials or tribulations that obstruct me.
So where do I draw the line? How do I differentiate between the tasks that I myself want to achieve and the things that are expected of me? As I constantly tell myself that if I genuinely want to achieve something, I will go all out to get it, does that mean that when I don't feel like putting in the effort and sweat to carry out those tasks, I sub-consciously move them to the latter category?
Does that make me a hypocrite?
Perhaps it's only to make themselves feel better that they have taken the first step in reaching their goals? Or maybe its due to lack of preseverance in carrying out the tasks that they initially set out to perform.
It has come to a point where I'm beginning to get confused myself. Due to me still living under my parent's roof, I am constantly bombarded by 'advice' from my parents ranging from "You should study more if you want to pass your MBA with flying colours" to "You really need to lose some weight, you're at least 5 kgs overweight".
At times, I am unable to separate what I want and what is expected of me. I seem to be trapped in a whirlwind of expectations projected upon me by my loved ones and friends. I genuinely hope what I'm going through is not a pre-mature mid-life crisis. =)
Getting back to the topic, I have long believed that I am able to maintain a high level of discipline in my life. Hence, if i want to achieve a particular goal, I am fully capable of succeeding in that task regardless of the trials or tribulations that obstruct me.
So where do I draw the line? How do I differentiate between the tasks that I myself want to achieve and the things that are expected of me? As I constantly tell myself that if I genuinely want to achieve something, I will go all out to get it, does that mean that when I don't feel like putting in the effort and sweat to carry out those tasks, I sub-consciously move them to the latter category?
Does that make me a hypocrite?
Obligatory filler photo of Seatle 2005
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