You frequently become overly interested and caught up in many overrated things in life. So much so that you neglect the truly priceless and priceless things that life has to offer, including, but not limited to, your loved ones, the time you spend bonding with the people who matter to you, gratitude, simple celebrations, a picnic in the park, a leisurely run, and a warm hug from an equally warm person.
Sadly, you place your attention on the following eight overrated items, which aren’t worth all of your time, energy, and efforts, rather than what is important. Note these eight points and quit focusing so much of your attention on them.
10. Luxuries:
Branded shoes and pricey handbags are overrated things that aren’t worth your time! There are goods of exceptionally high quality that are not branded. Don’t let what you wear, what you carry, or the shoes you wear define you. Instead, let your outgoing attitude, upbeat outlook on life, and kindness characterize you. Although having luxury stuff may go out of style, having grace and self-assurance is a timeless quality. People will like your expensive items only temporarily, but your personality and character are what will influence them and make them remember you forever.
9. Being First:
This holds for whatever contest we come across. Why don’t we provide prizes to everyone who participated in the endeavor rather than just the top finishers? Being the first to finish is not always crucial. Even if you came in first place in the rat race, you’re still a rat, as the saying goes. Some people give winning or coming first too much importance without realizing the fact that even being able to participate is an opportunity in itself.
8. Being Right:
Our drive to be correct is the root of most disagreements in the world. Naturally, when it comes to matters of public safety, being correct is acceptable. The same reasoning, however, fails when applied to minute objects. Is it worth it to argue about “who dressed it better,” “who sang the better version,” or “which guy is richer”? It hardly seems worth it to be correct at the expense of a relationship. As people say, ‘’would you rather be right? Or happy?’’.
7. Studies and the pressure of getting a degree:
You’re all self-centered and using titles that sound difficult. We desire the Ph.D., MBA, RN, MAN, and all of those other fancy titles. But, my friend, college isn’t about how much time you spent studying or how lengthy your title was. It’s all about personal growth, development, and discovery. A degree does not guarantee that your life is already planned out for you. It’s to make sure you’re well along the path to figuring out who you are and what your passions are.
6. Jobs and the stress that comes with it:
You stay up late to complete a project before the deadline, impress your boss, and possibly earn that promotion you’ve been eyeing, not to spend time with the people who matter to you. “I merely want to help my family. I put a lot of effort into making their lives better, you might say. You must indeed earn a living to cover your everyday expenses. However, have you ever considered that your family would value your presence more than the gifts you offer them? Keep in mind that nobody ever wished they had spent more time in their workplace while they were dying. Instead, they regretted not spending more time with their loved ones.
5. Travelling:
You spend too much time thinking about your travel destinations when, in reality, you should be more focused on who you’re traveling with. Our list of the eight overrated things includes where to travel since, when it comes down to it, it doesn’t matter if you’re traveling alone to amazing locations. As long as you’re traveling with family and friends, it’s preferable to just staycation and vacation in your neighborhood’s tourist attractions. What use is a breathtaking view if you’re alone?
4. Weddings:
The thought of getting married is more romantic to you than the prospect of being with your significant other forever. It feels like weddings are competitions these days. Those who marry first? Who had their wedding in the priciest location? Whose wedding dress was created by a global designer? Who ought to serve? How much should the flower budget be? We neglect the fact that marriage should be a celebration of love rather than a contest of fortune because we are too preoccupied with attending to minor details.
Being married to your partner is intended to endure forever, even without all the nonsense.
3. Growing up:
You put so much emphasis on maturing that you neglect to improve your maturity. You’re too caught up in your adolescent angst to focus on anyone except yourself, so you neglect to cultivate your interpersonal relationships and make deeper connections. For instance, not bothering with invites when you host an 18th birthday party. You plan a Japanese-themed party and make sure to have everything ready, including the food, before realizing that the guest list needs to be completed.
2. Weight:
Worrying about being overweight or under-weight is extremely overrated, especially since the use of social media has taken over the world. People worry too much about body types. And of course, let’s not forget about the ones who go ahead and comment about people’s weight as if they have anything to do with it in the first place. Getting overly influenced by their appearance can cause so much unnecessary stress for so many people. Instead of accepting themselves for who they are or at least changing for themselves and not others, they start valuing themselves less.
1. Skin color:
Skin color has been made a sensitive topic for no reason. Something that shouldn’t even matter is making people extremely insecure about themselves. No matter what skin color you are, people always find a way to comment on your color in one way or another. Not to mention the racist advertisements about people getting successful only because they are fair-skinned. These advertisements and products could be very misleading to the younger generation making them think that skin color matters even more than your intelligence or personality.
