Striving.⠀
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Verb. "To make great efforts to achieve or obtain something."⠀
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We live in a social environment designed to convince us that unless we're striving to achieve or obtain something better than what we have right now, we're failing. ⠀
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But when our best is never good enough we fall into a trap of perpetual striving that leads to feelings of worthlessness, shame, and discontent. ⠀
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I see this exemplified in the world of weight loss every day. People striving for p