Refusing Complacency

So my zeal with which I started this blog has died down as can be seen from the increasingly infrequent postings. However I am still at it and that is promising! Anyway, life has been good, somehow busy, but good. You may ask yourself, how can a student that is currently on break and unemployed be busy. Let me tell you, between spending time with family and friends, and my online psychology course, heading to the gym, playing soccer, and of course Assassin's Creed 2, it is entirely possible.

The employment situation is looking up, just landed a job interview at Go Daddy and am excited for the opportunity. From what I hear, it is an excellent company to work for and they pay very well.

I just finished reading a blog of a friend of mine, Kevin. He talked about, in short, how he always saw the change he wanted to make in his life, but never followed through with it. I have always in a way felt the same about my life, and recently I have started following through and it has and continues to make all the difference. Like Kevin's blog I also fear this is not making sense. Let me explain.

I think it is far too easy to become complacent with yourself, with the way you are and the things you don't like about yourself. I think in today's society, too many people give up way too easily and it's really starting to aggravate me. Way too many people say to themselves school is not for me and just give up when in reality they hardly even gave it a chance. Too many people say to themselves, I am too fat, oh well. Too many people say, I wish I was more outgoing, but that's just who I am. Too many people think they are depressed and unhappy and never do anything to change it. If you think you are overweight and don't like it, then either do something about it or stop complaining. If you want to be more outgoing, then do something about it, become a leader in a group, make an effort to meet more people, do things you wouldn't normally do. If you think you're not happy, then change it. Adopt a positive attitude, do more stuff with friends, get out in the world and have fun, there's plenty of fun and rewarding activities if you look for them. I think far too many people become complacent with the way they are whether they like it or not.

I feel this post has been, shall we say, somewhat negative. So let's end it on a positive note. I am an optimistic person, I just can't stand when I see people throwing their lives away or not pursuing what they want. We live in the US and as such we have incredible opportunities and it would be a shame to waste them because there are plenty of people in poor 3rd world countries who would kill for the opportunities we have. God has blessed us with much, so in return he expects much from us. He expects us to use what we have been given. So get up, stop complaining, and refuse to be complacent. As cliche as this sounds, be the change you want to see in your life!