Life Without Stress: A Dream or a Dead End?

Stress as we all know is an inevitable part of life. Every good thing doesn’t come easily and we are bling to be stressed at some point in our lives. Whether you’re busy or idle, you can still get stressed. I’m yet to meet someone who says they won’t do anything because they don’t want to be stressed. This statement in itself doesn’t really sit well in my opinion because whether you decide to get thing done or not, you might still end up stressed at any point in life. Life isn’t as easy as it’s seems because there will always be ups and downs. There will be good days and there will be bad days, yet we wake up every morning with hopes that things will turn out well for us.

Since I started being identified as an adult, I can say I haven’t had much peace in my life. Peace in the sense that, I always have to be up and kicking, finding ways and means to secure a better life for myself and my future. There’s no day I don’t wake up with fresh ideas. I could fill the earth with ideas if need be but obviously, I can’t implement all these ideas single-handedly. It’s the same way I can’t have everything that I want being served to me on a silver platter. I have to put in the work, sacrifice my sleep , personal time and many more just to achieve my goals. At the end of the day, when I achieve or hit my target, it feels very good and I feel more than fulfilled because my hard work wasn’t in vain.

Stress in a way can be both good and bad in the sense that, too much of everything they say is bad. But then without obstacles, you’d never know the limits you can push yourself to and how far you can go to get what you want. I’ve been pushed to the extreme and as far as I know , I’ve been able to overcome every one of them. It wasn’t easy, but it was done and it was worth it. I have grown to understand that life can be tough and can also be easy at the same time for different people. While you’re suffering and struggling, someone is out there with a whole silver spoon and buffet at their disposal. That’s just the way of life, not perfect and not satisfying everyone, and we can’t question it also.

We all know where are coming from, the opportunities we have and don’t have and what we aim for. And so with this, we know how much work we need to put in. But, if you also decide not to do anything for the fear of being stressed out, just know that you’ve said bye bye to everything you are always dreaming of becoming a reality. As far as I know, you can only have those thing you want in your dreams when you refuse to put in the work.

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