If you know me, you know I have this built-in drive, maybe even addiction, to keep chasing “more.” More challenges, more growth, more learning. My brain is happiest when it’s working out the next big thing.

For me, “enough” has always sounded like settling.

But over time, I’ve noticed something. I’ve been thinking about the people who don’t live like that. The ones who look at their lives and say, this is enough. Not in a giving-up way, but in a grounded, content, peaceful kind of way. They’re not chasing the next milestone or burning themselves out for the next future accomplishment. They’re living. In the now. And they’re good.

Honestly? I’m here for it.

Drive vs. Enough

The reason I think about this a lot is because drive and enough don’t look in the same direction.

• Drive is always facing forward. Future-focused. The next milestone, the next level, the next achievement.
• Enough is rooted in the now. It’s about being present, choosing contentment, appreciating today instead of waiting for tomorrow.

And if we’re honest, living in the now is the real key to happiness. If we keep chasing, we risk forgetting to actually live.

That’s why I deeply respect people who live in “enough.” And I mean really live there, not people who settle because they think they can’t do better or think they don’t have another option but people who intentionally choose this way of life and fully embrace it.

I mean, picture this

The Teacher Who Never Left the Classroom

A teacher has the chance to move up, to become a school director, earn more money, get the bigger title. Everyone around her says it’s the obvious next step.

But she turns it down. She says: “I became a teacher to be with kids, not to sit in meetings. This is where I belong.”

Her choice isn’t about fear. It’s about alignment. She knows what gives her joy, and she chooses to stay there.

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Maybe we (I, let me not speak for everyone) need to redefine what success really looks like.

Because “success” doesn’t have to look like climbing ladders, chasing bigger titles, starting a new (business) adventure. For some, it’s knowing your bills are paid, your kids are laughing, your home feels safe. For others, it’s fishing on Saturdays, having time to cook, or never missing a family gathering.

It’s not flashy. It’s not LinkedIn-braggy. It’s real. Now don’t get me wrong. I appreciate the non-tangible success as well. Each day more than ever. But my drive is still very high and maybe those of us wired for “more, more, more” could learn something from it. That enough is, in itself, a kind of success.