Soul Poetry

the constant urge to be better

This constant urge to want to change something.

This constant urge to be better than a few days before.

This constant urge to be productive.

This constant urge destroys you.

The constant urge for improvement and productivity comes from the overstimulation we put ourselves through every day.

The different aesthetics presented on social media.
The many different products we should buy for this.
The different mindsets,
that we should be productive in order to make something of ourselves and our life and that this is the "only way we can be happy",
destroys us.

Every day I think to myself:
"What would my better self do now?"
I know it, but I don't implement it.

Every day I take some time to rest and feel guilty afterwards.
"You should have been productive"
"You can't just do nothing"
"You have to improve"

You, you, you
I, I, I

I don't want to constantly improve.
Change is good, of course. But change shouldn't be the constant thought that we are not good enough the way we are now.

That we need more skincare products to get clear skin.
Must earn more money to be happy.
That we have to look better because the way we look right now isn't good enough.
That we have to do something 24/7 so that we are not lazy.

Stop and breathe.

You, I, we

We are good the way we are.
We can also lie in bed for a day and watch Netflix without feeling guilty.
We can spend our money on things we really want instead of things that make us "pretty".
We can eat and drink whatever we want as long as we don't harm ourselves.
We can also get bad grades without the world ending and being stuck in our school books until 3 a.m.

We can stop and breathe.