Everyday we are constantly reading these articles or maybe just I am. All these articles tell us to reach for more, live beyond our limits, excel in everything we do. I’m not claiming that I disagree with all of these articles telling us to be something more than who we are, because I think it’s great. Whenever feasible you should always reach for more, but honestly I think In life we have to settle sometimes.

You have to settle because sometimes you have to disappoint people, or say no in order to save yourself from spreading to thin. You have to settle down and unwind alone sometimes. Settle for the fact that sometimes you’re just going to be bad at relationships with everyone from your significant other, to your family because you can’t always be perfect.

Settle for the fact that you don’t always have the right answers or any answers at all. Settle for the fact that sometimes you have NO idea what you’re doing, because you’re human.

Settle down with the realization that not everything in life is fun and exciting, sometimes it’s only a learning experience.

Settle with being average at some things because, standing out at everything is more pressure than anyone should have to bare. Focus on being good at what you love and settle into things that fuel your passions.

Settle for absorbing every boring, quiet, lonely, and average moment. In those moments you get time to reflect on who you are and where you want to be in your life.

Settle for every ordinary day, because one day you’ll look back and realize all these ordinary days were put together to create an extraordinary life.