Why do I sometimes feel like I’m not doing enough, even when I’m doing everything I can?

“No matter what, I wanna make sure I gave my best…” — seems like the motto of your life.

I feel it, 'cause most of the time I’ve found myself struggling with the very same thing…
Everyone else was chilling out, and I was exhausting myself all day long — and it was still not enough.
I would doubt my own accountability when this would happen…
Next day, I’d decide to do even better — and even then, it wasn’t enough…

Well, “enough” has no quantitative measurement — and that’s the root of the whole problem.
Performing 10 duties — is it enough? Well, not necessarily.
And if you do them, the next question will arise:
“Was the performance good enough?”

Told you, this “enough” itself is the culprit…
And you wanting to be enough in other people’s view?
That’s another piece of this imbalanced puzzle.
'Cause when someone wants to be a critic, even the best work isn’t flawless.

So now — how do you get out of this “unfulfilled enough” maze?

I know the solution.
Yet, many times, I still fail to escape this dilemma.
So knowing it isn’t “enough.” Staying firm on it is what’s important.

Here’s the solution — breathe it in, and don’t let it go:

Those who want to offer more — and even more — face this more often than those who sit back and let things fall once in a while.

(PS: there are some who don’t give a damn shit if anything stays put or turns into a pile of garbage.
Sometimes I envy them — 'cause, man! They’ve cracked the code of not letting anything mess with their head and just live life like a carefree happy pig.)

Getting back to the point —
When you offer generously all the time, people start taking it for granted.
They start expecting more and more and more…

So no matter how much you pour into their glasses, they’ll always want more —
And guess what? Even a gazillion won’t be enough.

So here’s the fix: be reasonable while taking — and extra reasonable while offering.

If you think you can finish 10 tasks in a day, pull only 7 into your bucket.
Try to do them good enough — in your own view.
If you’ve got time and energy left, pull in another one and finish it.

Dear people-pleaser,
Tattoo this on your hand:
“I AM NOT BORN TO PLEASE THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE.”

'Cause next time you raise your hand — I want you to read it.
Please don’t overburden yourself.
No one else is born to look after you — only you are liable for that.

People will praise you when you’re productive for them and criticize you when you didn’t do enough —
But no one is going to share the back pain you got from overtime at work…
No one is going to offer their knees when yours can no longer stand…
No one is going to entertain you long when you’ve lost the strength to even get yourself up.

Please trust me when I say this:
Do only as much as you can, without exhausting your core.
If it’s not “enough” in someone else's opinion — let it be that way.

You are not required to do it all.
Learn to prioritize.
Learn to lay off.
Learn to delegate.
Learn to neglect — once in a while.

Remember: You’re only responsible for doing GOOD.
And that… is GOOD ENOUGH.
Even if others think otherwise.