I want to be continuously striving to improve myself and my life. However, sometimes that energy seems to be getting invested and invested with little to nothing to show for it. Let's look at a real world example.
You reorganize your closet and dresser so that they are the smoothest operating closet and dresser that ever existed. They are a work of art. But then you realize that you are still really frustrated every morning when you get dressed. So you make your dresser and closet even better. Now you almost faint with euphoric joy just looking at them. When friends come over you show them and they are moved to tears. But your morning routine still fall flat. Finally, G-d Himself kindly comes down and molds your clothing storage into the most refined and perfect form that is possible. Beyond your wildest imagination. But... your clothes still frustrate you in the morning.
After all that you take a step back and realize that you only have one pair of pants that fits and half the time it's in the wash. And your favorite shirt doesn't even match it. Then you realize that your wardrobe is a little light on certain things and that just might have been the issue all along.
So you buy a few pairs of pants, including some that go with your favorite shirt, and voila! Your morning routine flows like melted butter on a bald mans head.
All this to say, find your bottlenecks. Figure out the part of your day, or your life, or your clothing cycle, that is causing the most pain and work on that. Then after a little work reevaluate. You don't have to perfect something to turn it from being the biggest issue to a side issue. And if you stay focused on it too long you can end up spending a lot of time and energy wasted on something that... really isn't necessary.
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