10 Ways How Discipline Destroyed Me

I have always been known as the most well-managed, punctual, up to date person in my circle. Somehow I always managed to manage time well, knew exactly what happened two years ago, and remembered exact details of any past event.

I was amazed at how people were living their lives. Heck, I even wondered how they were surviving. I never managed to lose my cell phone, wallet or the keys. But many of my friends did it with the utmost due diligence and minimum effort.

I realized some time ago that to enjoy your life, to succeed you don’t need to be super organized. Many of my friends and family are doing better than me even though they still don’t know what the heck is happening around them.

Reasons How Undisciplined People Manage to Grow:

1. They are indulged in matters other than the daily routine.
2. They don’t worry about little things.
3. They are not held back due to perfection.
4. Since their mind is not focused to organize and manage their daily calendars they can think about bigger things.
5. They forget easily so they also forgive easily saving them from emotional irritation and turmoil.
6. They always have time for something new as they don’t intend to live life according to a timetable.
7. They don’t get upset if someone budges in their schedule or they have to make unexpected changes.
8. They don’t take too long to plan things since their intention is not perfection but the execution.
9. Since perfection is not their cup of tea so they can get pleasure out of any deformed, slack, apparently useless activity.
10. People around them don’t need to be on a certain standard to please them. They don’t care what’s inside a person’s heart but only the outside. Which enables them to tolerate a lot of people.

I agree, all these things are not a guarantee of success and shouldn’t be preached to follow. But the extreme opposite of these points can actually cause your life to come to a halt. Practicing a little pinch of above habits every now and then can make our lives easier.

If I look at myself, I am the exact opposite. Practicing discipline is a good thing, just to be clear, but making your life depended on it can stop you from growing. There is power in routine but we should manage the routine not the other way around.

Here Is How Your Strict Routine Is Stopping You from Growing:

1. Your mind is fully occupied to maintain your daily routine.
2. Littlest of things can upset you if things go against your plan.
3. You only try or do things which you can finish to perfection, you only finish things which according to you are perfect. Many good enough things don’t see the light of the day.
4. Your mind is never empty enough to wander off and think about things which are outside of your daily circle.
5. You don’t forget the littlest of the things so it’s not easy for you to forgive and move on.
6. You have a very meticulous time table and find it difficult to try new things.
7. Since time is of the essence to you, it’s not easy for people to budge in your schedule and spend some time.
8. It takes a considerable amount of time for you to plan a simple activity as everything needs to be perfect and not just good enough.
9. There are certain things, people, and activities which give you pleasure as you have a very specific taste.
10. You don’t care about the outside, you always try to find out what’s in a person’s heart. So, very few people qualify for your list of acceptability.

I am not at all advocating that you give up any bit of punctuality but going towards the extreme can give you more loss than profit.