Familiarity

So I'm sitting here reading the latest from Donald Miller (A Million Miles In A Thousand Years) and at one point he talks about how most women who suffer from domestic abuse go right back to the dude who abused them. Why? Because these women fear change. Their situation might be bad, but there is a chance that the change could make it worse. So they stay.

I think I'm a lot like that. Yeah I'm not really happy with my current work situation, but it could get worse. Right now I know how much gets added to my bank account every 2 weeks. And even though it's not much, it's familiar and I know how to make it work. If I moved on to something different, there's a chance it could be less.

So I dream about being self-employed. Travelling the world, creating media that inspires and moves people, inspiring people to live out their dreams, creating memorable marketing for business, living some place warm... But it's just a dream.

I guess that's why so few people are really living to the fullest. Because that requires risk, and we're too comfortable in our misery to take that leap of faith.