Today I saw this Instagram video about how “give 100%” doesn’t mean you have to give 100% of yourself, but rather give 100% of your available resources.
It’s sort of like looking at your gross income vs your net income (after taxes) vs your take-home pay (after retirement, savings, investment, etc are taken care of). (Note that some people use that collection of words differently!)
The fact that I do NOT have to spend my entire being on Being The Best I Can Possibly Be is something I figured out in my twenties, and in my mind it’s closely linked to the concept of “Satisficing.” Basically, that’s a portmanteau of Satisfy and Suffice. Something that is “good enough” but “not optimal” would fall into this category, because it’s not possible to fully optimize everything ever. You would just burn out.
Emilybook 