Enough. Is. Enough - I'm no SuperHero

Well, I finally cracked. Cracked as in the mirror broke into shards of glass and I crumbled...cracked. But without all of the bad luck that goes with that type of cracked.

For the last 4ish month I have been working at Target on a part-time basis (in addition to working 50 hours a week at my full-time job and trying to do well in a leadership program, blah blah blah) and I finally decided that enough is enough. I have decided that I am going to turn in my two-weeks notice today and with that sense of knowledge I have instantly felt relieve sweep over my entire body and self.

Why does it tend to take a person going through extremities so long to finally conclude that "hey... enough is enough" and a change needs to happen?

At Target I thoroughly enjoyed my job, but it was honestly deteriorating me phyically, mentally, and socially in all aspects you could imagine. I slowly found myself at the brink of hitting bottom... again. I felt a while back that I probably should've given the job up to make more time to simply enjoy my life, but I wouldn't budge. Why though? Why do I and so many others decide to go through with these extreme situations of unhappiness?

We as people sometimes believe that we are super-human (i.e. picture of your favorite super hero... batman?) and have the ability to go through circumstances without ceasing, but when it comes down to it I don't think that we really can in the end. A person needs sleeps; a person needs happiness; a person needs quiet time; and a person needs a connection to other humans. I thought for some strange reason that I could go without all of these things just to make a few extra bucks, but I can't. No one really can.

Some reasoning to why "we" think we can go without these human needs? It is because we live in a fast-paced society that pushes the sense of doing everything to the now. That if you stop, or let your energy down for one second all could be lost... Hmm... that sounds pretty spot on. Overall, I feel that our society needs to get back to the simplicity of life in finding happiness from the small ideals like friendship, relaxation, walking through the park, enjoying the beauty that is around us, etc... Lately I have missed all of these things so much because I was in this "fast-paced, get it done now" attitude. Luckily for me I have concluded that I need to step back out of that way of thinking and step into a simpler realm of well... time for myself and for those close to me.


Now, getting back to my original question regarding"when do we decide that enough is enough?" - I am not sure what the answer to that question is in the end. I simply know that we tend to push ourselves to the edge a lot in life and it only seems to be getting closer to that edge as society continues to develop.  Is there ever an end?

“Always remember to slow down in life; live, breathe, and learn; take a look around you whenever you have time and never forget everything and every person that has the least place within your heart.”