Running in Circles

It’s amusing to watch a dog chase its own tail.

It’s somewhat charming, somewhat stupid.

But we can forgive a dog because they are just acting on instinct.

Now imagine a human doing the same thing—running in circles, going nowhere.
That’s not cute. That’s a sign that something’s off.

You might say, “Well, I don’t do that. How dare you accuse me of walking in nothing but straight lines. I know where I’m going.”

But are you sure? I am inclined to think that most people are far more like the tail-chasing dog than they’d ever admit.

No clear objective. No real purpose. Just the same behaviors repeated over and over.
Chasing the same distractions—day after day, week after week, year after year.

If it makes you happy, who cares right?

Yeah, but you’re not happy are you. You will go on social media and see people doing different things to you and feel a sense of justified envy.

It’s woefully common for people to be hustling at the same job (which they hate and will tell you every chance they get), just to earn enough money to buy the same weekend escape—where they meet the same people and have the same lifeless conversations over and over again.

I am starting to see circles just writing this.

So, still think you are out-beating the dog running after it’s own tail?

If you are feeling like this, then I urge you to take a step off the merry-go-round, even for just 10 minutes on Sunday afternoon.

Yes, stepping off might leave you disoriented. That’s because you have mistaken the merry-go-round for reality, and you need to adjust.

I know they say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. But there is no trickery involved here. I am just saying you need to learn to sit down for a second and stop distracting yourself with pointless shit for 10 minutes less every day so you can figure out where you are in life.