The Past Achievement

Being grateful for what you have

Ben Shelley
3 min readFeb 25, 2024
Photo by Niklas Ohlrogge on Unsplash

My Grandad always told me that I should be grateful for what I have.

He would always say that we should be grateful for everything as you never know when the plug will be pulled and when the bottom will fall out of what you are doing and it is very true.

There are plenty of things I want in this world such as a family or a new headset but really, there is only one constant that we should keep in mind and that is being grateful.

Work

Work has had its ups and downs this year but really, everyone can say that nothing is urgent and work is an ever-shifting set of issues that you need to tackle head-on.

Change is scary and work opportunities don’t wait around forever. We all only have one life and one chance to achieve everything that we wish to.

To not try as you are too scared to fail, which is easy for me to say, I’m not under threat of death every day, but hopefully, the context and appreciation of others are established here.

Work is a constant in this world…

The majority of us need to earn our money and are not provided with a silver spoon in our mouths. We need to take risks and be brave to achieve and that predominantly makes us a little more…

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Ben Shelley

Someone who has no idea about where their place is in this world, yet enjoys writing about books, education, entertainment and videogames