Personally, in an effort to recover from my own perfectionism, I’m practicing more daily habits that can bring me to a space of serenity and calm with my past and the direction I’m headed. It’s something we experience as an emotion rather than a prolonged state. Point is, chasing happiness is a misguided pursuit. The most important distinction between the two? Happiness takes place in the short term, while contentment happens in the long term. Happiness describes the state of being happy, while contentment defines a state of being satisfied. However, while both words describe positive emotions or states, it’s important to distinguish the difference. Over the past decade, much of the conversation has surrounded how we can pursue and reach happiness (with much of the narrative driven by a disillusionment with our capitalist society). It’s important to understand that learning how to be content is different from experiencing happiness. With phrases like ‘no pain, no gain’ permeating our cultural subconscious, it’s no wonder we’re afraid to sit with ourselves and our accomplishments in a moment of peace. Much of the problem with how we view contentedness comes from the fact that we confound it with complacency.
How to Be Content: A Recovering Perfectionist’s Guide But more seriously, we’d stop pursuing growth for growth’s sake and finally learn how to be content with things as they are-in every moment, right now.įeatured image of Cyndi Ramirez by Belathée Photography. But what would happen if we stepped into each day feeling enough? First off, we’d likely buy a good deal fewer Instagram-sponsored products (just sayin’).
Whether it’s in our appearance, at work, or on social media, we always want to be better. And so that begs the question: is it possible to learn how to be content? And while each of these examples serves to make audiences smile and laugh, our cultural obsession with the glow-up points to our constant need for self-improvement.
I’m talking about the iconic Mia Thermopolis makeover, Julia Roberts’ Pretty Woman transformation, and of course-it always comes back to Anne Hathaway-the Devil Wears Prada glow-up so good, Gisele Bündchen was left speechless. There’s no cinematic moment better than the rom-com metamorphosis montage.
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