Elliot Kessler

We all have goals, but we’re too comfortable to do anything about them.

I have been far too comfortable lately. I’ve been lazy, relaxed, and restful. When I decided all that was going to change, Nintendo decided to release Gameboy games on the Switch, and I’ve still found myself having a hard time getting off the couch.

These distractions (video games, social media, even books) are crippling me. I’m allowing them to take over my life and keep me from writing the stories floating around in my brain.

I watched a couple of episodes of a new National Geographic show called “Limitless,” where Chris Hemsworth pushes his limits and puts his physical and mental strength to the test. It’s about breaking boundaries and getting out of our comfort zones, and I found it very inspiring. It reminds me of a song from the mid-2000s called “Meant to Live” by Switchfoot. The words of the chorus continuously remind me of the position I’m in. “We were meant to live for so much more, but we lost ourselves.”

I’m stuck in a rut. I need to get out. I’m waiting for someone or something to grab me and force me to get out, but I realize now that it isn’t coming. I need to get myself out. It’s my fault I am in this mess, and I’m sure there are a lot of others in the same boat.

A survey was taken of 2,000 Americans. Only fifteen percent of those 2,000 people have reported starting to write a novel, and only six percent have gotten halfway (Melore, 2021). Clearly, I am not the only one who has this problem.

Many of us would rather do the easy thing than work to get what we want, but we all have a purpose. God has blessed us with gifts and talents, and our responsibility is to use our talents to serve others and worship our Lord with our gifts. Jesus said it would be hard, and it will be. We’d rather do what is easy than do what is right, and it’s time we (including myself) change that.

Thanks for reading! Have a fantastic day.

Sources:

Melore, Chris. (2021) More than half of Americans think their life is worthy of a book deal. studyfinds.org. https://studyfinds.org/writing-books-life-worthy-of-deal/#:~:text=A%20recent%20survey%20of%202%2C000,a%20completed%20novel%20(8%25).