Complacency

So recently I start thinking about complacency. First of all, it would be good to define complacency. Complacency means being satisfied with yourself and your current situation. Is this good? Well it sounds good, but many times it is not. When you are complacent in your life, you feel as if everything is right and you are doing fine. While most people want to be in this state of mind be careful- it is a dangerous state. Why? This sounds contradictory, but being complacent is not good for you. You can't grow when you are okay with where you are in life. And one of the most important things in life is to grow, but I will talk about that another time. When people life a complacent life, they like things to be repetitive, simple, and manageable. While this is not necessary bad, it's not doing anyone much good. When people's lives are repetitive, simple and manageable, they begin to feel comfortable in life. When they are comfortable, they don't like change, and their comfort zone gets bigger and bigger. You don't want that. While people think it's good to have a pretty comfortable life, it's not. It's much better to not have a super-comfortable life, because this causes you to backslide. Take a musician; if they are satisfied with their level of playing. they don't get better. Actually they usually get worse. The things that used to matter to them get sloppy, because they get complacent with their playing. What a good musician does is always tries to improve, always working to get better. They don't get complacent with their level of play, they constantly drive themselves to do better. This is how a good life is lived as well I believe. Always thirst for something more in your life. Don't get satisfied with where you are, keep pushing yourself to do more. Live an unsatisfied life. You might be thinking "whoa, that sounds like what gets people depressed". Some people who get depressed with themself are unsatisfied with their life. But they think they can't improve. That's the difference. Your unsatisfactory life should not lead to a mindset of hopelessness and defeat. Is supposed to be the mindset where you know you can do better, where you don't want to settle for less so you always improve yourself. Living a life that's not complacent means you always move forward, never quite settling down. Once you start getting complacent, you begin to backslide in life. So I encourage you, don't have a mindset of complacency, but a purposeful mindset.
-Smart