Stable is That Step Backwards Between Successful and Failure.
Pete Campbell – anti-Draping
Pete Campbell, Mad Men (Season 5, Episode 1)
When I was watching the season premiere on Sunday night[1], the quote in the title stood out for me, as it did for a lot of reviews I’ve read. It’s been in the back of my mind over the past few days and how it can apply to many facets of life, from at home, at work, relationships, to the smaller areas like working out, your blog, and spiritual health.
To be content with where you are in life is setting yourself up for failure when the unexpected happens.
Your job may not be secure forever.
Your relationship may fall apart if both parties work to maintain status quo without keeping the love flowing.
Your site may stop to flourish if you aren’t writing something a little more challenging for yourself or your readers
There are many examples in life. I’m not in the position to be a self-development writer and push my opinion on what we should be doing to combat the symptom of being stable, nor do I want to.
It is something to keep in mind as you sit on your chair to read this and for the rest of the week.
How can I be moving forward more than I am sitting still?
- Incidentally, my favourite write-ups about the current season of Mad Men are from Grantland:
* A New Don
* Recap: What Do You Do With a Girl Like Megan?
* Mad Men Season 5 Character Guide
* Cultural Learnings hasn’t written a recap yet, but hopefully will. Worth watching for. ↩
Apr 07, 2012 @ 12:14:50
Thanks so sharing this. I feel this way with my weight loss journey right now but I know that I have to push through it.
Apr 07, 2012 @ 14:53:00
I think everyone battles through weight loss until they are closer to their ideals, and even then, people stress about it constantly. We just have to keep fighting through it and not let it defeat us.