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Flexibility Over Fixation : The Choice Is Yours.

Ivan Nyagatare
2 min readApr 8, 2024

How To Navigate Life’s Curveballs with Flexibility

The modern world is a treadmill of constant change. We chase the mirage of the perfect job, relationship, and schedule-a pristine alignment of all the moving parts of our lives. Yet, true perfection is a fantasy.

There will always be elements beyond our control, aspects that don’t quite fit the picture-perfect vision in our minds.

The solution we tend to go for is to maintain our grip. Rigidly forcing everything into alignment only breeds unnecessary stress and frustration. Plans change, life throws curveballs, and things will inevitably go awry no matter how hard we try.

We condemn ourselves to perpetual agitation if we can’t learn to roll with the punches.

Instead, we must learn to recognise when something is out of alignment and then let it go. This isn’t defeat or giving up.

It’s flexibility, open-mindedness, and the willingness to evolve our plans as needed. It’s acknowledging that perfection is an unattainable standard and that a life of good-enough balance is infinitely more valuable than a doomed quest for flawless order.

When we loosen our grip on rigid alignment, new vistas open up. We permit ourselves to explore alternative paths, pivot when…

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Ivan Nyagatare
Ivan Nyagatare

Written by Ivan Nyagatare

I am a writer, educator, creator and entrepreneur. Focused on creating tech tools, content, books and courses to help you develop better perspectives.

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