Why Do So Many People Feel “Fine” But Not Fulfilled?

There is a very specific type of guilt that capable people carry.

It is the guilt of looking at a life that is objectively great on paper: a good career, a safe home, a solid family and feeling absolutely nothing.

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You know you should be happy, but mostly, you just feel empty.

When people ask how you are, you say you are "fine." And you mean it. Because to you, "fine" means there are no fires to put out today.

In the 6th instalment of our video and blog series, I am addressing this emotional flatness.

I want to completely remove the guilt you feel about this, because this emptiness is not a character flaw. It is a mechanical consequence of how you survive.

To manage the high levels of stress and pressure in your life, you have had to learn to shut down your internal distress signals. You closed the lid on them so you could keep functioning.

But as I explain in this week's video below, human psychology only gives us one container for our emotions. The container that holds your exhaustion is the same container that holds your joy.

If you numb the bad, you inevitably numb the good.

You haven't just muted the difficult emotions; you have turned down the volume on your entire life.

Watch Week 6: Why do so many people feel "fine" but not fulfilled?

Take a moment today to consider this:

If you took your productivity out of the equation, how are you actually feeling right now?