Fulfilling one's potential is pretty relative because potential is so endless in possibilities and choices, and life itself is so very finite. Moreover, it is useless to beat oneself up simply because one can imagine other possibilities for development, growth, or success and accomplishment.
One thing I have learned is that development, accomplishment and success take a lot of focus and work. There are always many other pursuits and opportunities but as you meet some personal goals you will then always have the satisfaction of what you have done and the confidence to know how, realistically, to take on anything new.
I think this is tougher when you are young - teens/twenties - when many feel they have not "arrived" (although many young people are quite creative and accomplished). I worked very hard to get beyond some disadvantages at that age and while sometimes it felt endless I never regret it.
So that's what I mean by "relative." Potential is endless, and how you feel about that depends on whether YOU feel YOU have made (are making) something of your life, or little/nothing. If the latter, if you have simply stagnated and live a would-coulda-shoulda life, I should imagine all the potentialities one passed on would be crushing and disappointing.
Why are you not fulfilling your potential?
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Fulfilling one's potential is pretty relative because potential is so endless in possibilities and choices, and life itself is so very finite. Moreover, it is useless to beat oneself up simply because one can imagine other possibilities for development, growth, or success and accomplishment.
One thing I have learned is that development, accomplishment and success take a lot of focus and work. There are always many other pursuits and opportunities but as you meet some personal goals you will then always have the satisfaction of what you have done and the confidence to know how, realistically, to take on anything new.
I think this is tougher when you are young - teens/twenties - when many feel they have not "arrived" (although many young people are quite creative and accomplished). I worked very hard to get beyond some disadvantages at that age and while sometimes it felt endless I never regret it.
So that's what I mean by "relative." Potential is endless, and how you feel about that depends on whether YOU feel YOU have made (are making) something of your life, or little/nothing. If the latter, if you have simply stagnated and live a would-coulda-shoulda life, I should imagine all the potentialities one passed on would be crushing and disappointing.