I went on a long walk this weekend asking myself this very question. There's so much pressure to try to excel at everything, to be extraordinary on every front.

I went on a long walk this weekend asking myself this very question. There's so much pressure to try to excel at everything, to be extraordinary on every front. Since I live in a world that celebrates exceptionality, most of what I see online, in social media, etc. tells me I need to be fantastically rich and fit and creative and insightful and on and on and on. I needed a couple hours to think about what actually matters to me. If I get to the end of my life, which things will make me feel like it was well-lived? I settled on two. My two may not be the same as your two, but you probably don't actually have a lot more than two. I want to be absolutely as extraordinary as I can be at those two things, and I'm content to be forgettably mediocre to passably decent at everything else, if it means succeeding at those two things. Granted, this is a new perspective for me, but I'm hopeful that this will help me own my decisions and let go of the stress of expectations. If letting go of the things that don't matter to you strikes other people as insufferably "boring," but you feel you're living your life well, seek out other friends and mentors who will encourage you toward the goals that really matter to you.