"Is It Complacency or Contentment?"

[vinceconaway]

I saw a church billboard today that asked the question "is it complacency or contentment?" I think that's really the crux of the question I've been asking myself lately. I'm trying to decipher whether my lack of ambition is a sign that I'm losing my guts or that I'm happy where I am. I'm leaning happy, but there are always nagging doubts.

Comments

[aneirin-awenyd.livejournal.com]

I think if you assume happy/content, you'll know pretty clearly if/when your life becomes NOT-that...I bet it will feel like a very familiar itch. And then it's easy enough to scratch it by doing the old familiar stretch-out-of-your-comfort-zone routine to find the necessary ways to grow.

But if you assume unhappy/complacent, you might pre-empt the rare chance to settle happily for a bit. It might be time to experience that and let yourself learn to feel comfortable with it. That, in fact, might be your current challenge.

[(Anonymous)]

Couldn't have said better myself!
~shyska

[vconaway.livejournal.com]

The thing that's really helped this feeling is that, while I'm not undertaking any vast new projects at the moment, I'm continuously refining and tweaking so I don't feel precisely in a rut.