The Enough Pledge By Spencer Sherman Most of us have been conditioned to believe we need more—time,
Money,
Possessions,
Social connections,
Achievements,
And so on—to feel complete.
Extroverts don't have enough party invitations,
Introverts don't have enough quiet time,
And most of us seek continual progress with work,
Parenting,
Fitness,
Or personal growth.
We're all on this treadmill of more,
So today I'm inviting you to try something radically different.
Why?
Because clinging to more creates unnecessary stress on our minds and bodies,
And ironically,
It often limits what's possible for our lives.
No wonder in Buddhism,
The end of grasping is seen as a direct path to happiness and awakening.
Beginning tomorrow morning,
Spend one week offering yourself a simple statement,
I have enough time for today.
Or,
I have enough creativity resources,
Skills,
Or friends for today.
Let your own words arise naturally.
Say it out loud and or write it down.
If you catch yourself thinking,
I don't have enough gadgets,
Ask yourself,
What's a simple action I can take to soften the belief that something is lacking?
This simple question transforms limitation into possibility.
Instead of saying,
I'm overwhelmed,
Reframe with,
I have a lot of balls in the air,
And I'm cultivating spaciousness in my life,
And then validate this by allowing more buffers between meetings in your calendar.
Recognize that you do enough.
Let go of trying to squeeze in one more thing.
This practice can be whittled down into what I call the enough pledge.
I have enough.
I do enough.
I am enough.
Taking this pledge doesn't mean abandoning your aspirations.
You can still plan to travel the world,
Buy a second home,
Or change lives through your work,
But you're no longer dependent on these outcomes in order to feel content today.
When you stop clinging to specific results,
Something magical happens.
You get creative.
Your goals feel more within reach because you're operating from a place of sufficiency,
Not scarcity,
Because you realize you've already arrived.
While everyone around us is going for more,
It can feel un-American or counter-cultural to live a life of enough.
We need daily reminders because we're essentially undoing decades of not enough conditioning.
The enough pledge is your daily commitment intention to create a boundless life.
