Stop Merely Escaping

Too many of us trudge through the day. We get up, go to work, take care of the chores, pay the bills, and go to bed, waking up to do it all over again. We're getting by, going through the motions. Life works – sort of. But we're not really happy. We don't feel any sense of freedom or control, and we're certainly not energized or excited by very much. Sadly, this mechanical existence is so common that we think it's normal. Maybe other people feel a sense of purpose, but our earlier years of achievement and goal setting seem far behind. If we have any goals left, they involve making more money, buying a new car or a bigger house, taking an Instagram-worthy vacation, or prepping our kids for a top university so they can get a good career, make good money – and end up just like us. This is a hard reality to face, so we don't face it. Our way of dealing with it is not to deal with it. How do we make it through another day? We pick up our phones and scroll, cli