June 06, 2022

063: Being Content With Your Life Does Not Mean You’re Settling

14 minutes

Do you feel content with your life, just the way it is today? If you’re not, you are definitely not alone. And if you are, you might feel strange saying so because somewhere along the line, being “content” became synonymous with “settling.” In this episode, I’m exploring what it means to constantly be striving for more rather than recognizing when we’re content, and what might be holding us back from feeling like we’re enough just as we are.

Some key takeaways on feeling more content:

When we allow being “content” to be synonymous with “settling,” we’re operating under the assumption that we are never enough just as we are at any point. That simply isn’t true. You are enough even if you haven’t accomplished all your goals.

Get quiet enough with yourself to really tune into your thoughts, what you have in your life, and your values. We spend so much time consuming and comparing that we rarely take stock of who we are and what we have long enough to feel good about it.

Limit or eliminate distractions that are keeping you from being in touch with your own thoughts and beliefs about what “enough” is. This might be social media, watching TV, or even certain people that cause you to doubt yourself.

Welcome to the Wake Up Call Podcast with Alicia Hopkins (that’s me!). My goal in this podcast is to share valuable and actionable tips on what I call the “Core Four” - mindfulness, movement, habits, and growth - so you can build a life that feels true to you. I will be interviewing people who have had a “wake up call” that their good-on-paper life wasn’t lighting them up, and what they did to change that. Join us every week for a new episode of the Wake Up Call Podcast with Alicia Hopkins!

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