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Photos by Mart Production for Pexels<\/p><\/div>\n

by Andrea M. Darcy<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s nearing the end of another year, the time when annoying social media<\/a> posts ask, “Only so many days left in the year! What have you actually accomplished?\u201d. If you draw a blank and are left feeling, “Oh my God, my life is a waste,” you are far from alone.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s okay to sometimes feel useless<\/h2>\n

Here\u2019s a secret \u2014\u00a0 <\/span>most people feel useless now and then.<\/strong> Yes, even people who seem really successful, or have a lot of money<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We have created a Western society where we are taught<\/strong> achievement is the key to happiness. But the problem with achievement is that it is never ending. You reach one goal, and there is another one ahead. The grass is always greener somewhere else<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Some people get hooked on the cycle achievement. But some of us sense the futility of it all.\u00a0 Instead of realising the system itself is flawed, we turn the futility onto ourselves. We become frozen, passive<\/a>. We feel lost and like life is passing us by. We just aren’t chosen for the good stuff<\/a>, we tell ourselves.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

But my life is a waste, it\u2019s true\u2026 ask anyone<\/h2>\n

It\u2019s amazing how many of us outsource what our life is and isn\u2019t to other people\u2019s opinions.<\/strong> And by doing so we outsource our own value as well.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the truth is that other people are so busy thinking about themselves,<\/strong> and what other people think of them, that they are truthfully thinking of you very little, if at all.<\/p>\n

Ask yourself these questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n