I admit it. I think I have an addiction to pickleball. I didn't play today because my legs were sore so I didn't want to push it and reduce my risk of injury. Even though I didn't play, in my head I could hear myself telling me to go find a session and play. It's kind of that feeling when I played video games and finished a game and said just one more game; I don't get that same feeling anymore when I play video games. I used to like playing video games on my free time but I just don't enjoy it as much as pickleball. It's now only when I play pickleball I feel that urge to want to keep playing.
Anyways, that's not what I wanted to talk about today. Today, I want to talk about getting ahead in life at the expense of another person or multiple people. Have I done it? Not to my knowledge. Would I do it? I wouldn't do it and there's a few reasons why.
Firstly, I'm someone with thin skin. I would feel guilty if I knew that I got ahead in my life due to someone else's detriment. It's not worth living with that guilt. It's even worse because I'm an overthinker and I would have a hard time focusing and enjoying my own life if I had to keep thinking of something I felt guilty for. Secondly, I am a person that believes in putting the time and effort. If I wanted to get to somewhere in life, get good at pickleball or whatever goal I wanted to achieve, it would be best through my own hard work. Lastly, I am someone that wants to impact the world in a positive way; that's why I sometimes volunteer and hopefully in the future, I'll have money that I can just donate. It would go against my goal and morals to have to get ahead in life through the detriment of others.
Even if it was at the detriment of bad people (think serial killers, psychopaths, etc), I still wouldn't want it. I believe most people would have the same feeling as I do but hey if you are ok at getting ahead at the detriment of others, do let me know in the comments. I'm curious to hear your reason for doing so.
