if you feel painfully mediocre...

 

What does it mean to be painfully mediocre?

It could mean that, yes, you’re familiar with the fact that, most people aren’t exactly special, but if there was a hierarchy or something of that nature, you’re bottom barrel. That is just what you think of yourself.

Combine painfully mediocre with a lack of motivation and what do you get? A very sad life.

While you see everyone around you moving forward despite the fact that you believe everyone is cursed with some form of mediocrity, you are still not at all, even slightly pushed to follow suit. Even money doesn’t motivate you and at that point, you’re convinced this is definitely a serious problem; like "your life could seriously go only downhill" level of serious problem.

What do you do? You seek help; as is the natural step. Everything you hear or see is nothing you haven’t heard or seen before. Nevertheless, you try it out. You remember that, oh! I have this one thing I like and I think I can get less average at and so, you try to get better at it.

Along the line you hit an iceberg and then you’re stuck again. Those thoughts start to sink in again; you’re average and there’s nothing you can do to change that.

The wrong thing to do is to go back where you started and let those thoughts be your anthem again, while you do absolutely nothing. The right thing to do is to accept it. Accept what? Accept that yes, you are average but staying that way isn’t an option. You have to suck it and just do what you have to do, that’s what other people did and they like where they are. Why shouldn't you?

If you continuously bury yourself in your perceived mediocrity, you’re never going to move forward, never going to feel that joy that comes with accomplishing something. You’re just always going to be that person that let the “mediocrity” stagnate you, and it will definitely hurt you forever.

I know what you’re thinking, this got corny real fast. I think that too, but it doesn’t negate the truth in this.

Most people, like you, are painfully aware; they know that they too are (or might be) part of the vast majority that is average but they decide to suck it and get a better life. Again, if everyone else can, why shouldn’t you?