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"I have an aunt, who whenever she poured anything for you, would say, 'say when'. My aunt would say say when and of course we never did. We don't say when because there's something about the possibility of more.

More tequila
More love
More anything
More is better

There's something to be said about a glass half full. About when to say when. I think it's a floating line, a barometer of need and desire. It's entirely up to the individual and depends on what's being poured. Sometimes all we want is a taste. Other times, there's no such thing as enough. The glass is bottomless. And all we want is more."
- Meredith Grey

I'm guilty of wanting more all the time. More money, more fun, more muscle, more time, more friends... It's a mentality that's bound to backfire as we pursue "more", simply because more is not always better.

Why do we ask for more? It's the fear of not having enough and not matching up to everyone's expectations. Unrealistic expectations. Working moms want more time, to be the perfect mom for their kids, to be the perfect wife for their husbands, and to be the perfect career woman in office. But for everything that you want badly, there's a price to pay for it in the end. Opportunity cost. We can never have it all.

One of the things that we go through our entire lives asking for more of, is money. To a point where we neglect the people around that we care about, our family and friends. We neglect the environment. We neglect social issues that seem too far away to affect us. We become selfish and self-centered, greedy and irresponsible.

I'm guilty of all the above. When I was younger I knew much better, but ever since I stepped out from school and into society, I'm just overwhelmed by everything that's out there, everything that there is to know and take care of, and everything that's out there for me to want more of. I think it's crazy that I work hard for my money, spend it on shopping just to make myself feel better, and the cycle never ends because the desire for more is just insatiable. More importantly, it's not what I really need, and thus it'll never satisfy that longing for more.

Because just sometimes, settling for less and being satisfied with what you've got gives you the time of day to stop and appreciate life instead of going through it grudgingly, monotonously, in the pursuit of more.

Stop exercising when your knee hurts. Stop drinking when you're that close to being used as a mop on the dancefloor. Stop working when you've got kids who're waiting for you at home. Stop gambling instead of lying to yourself that you'll get back your money on this last bet. Stop playing fucking DOTA when you should be studying.

At the end of the day, we need to focus on what we need instead of our insatiable desires. We need to sieve out the needs because we have limited resources at our disposal, and at the end of the day, you don't want to spend your life chasing things that aren't worth your time. Your life.