Normality is a paved road.

It's comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow.

Vincent Van Gogh.

What is normality?

Well, according to the dictionary,

normal is the usual average or typical state or condition.

Common.

Normal is also a decision.

There's a quote by Robin Sharma, and I've looked to this for years, it states,

If you want what the 5% have, you need to be willing to do what only the 5% are willing to do.

What they obtain is not, definitionally speaking, normal. It's uncommon.

And what they do to arrive at that outcome is also uncommon. They play

by a different set of rules, and in doing so end up with an entirely different outcome than most.

To put it simply, we arrive at normal when our effort level is normal. You put in normal hours

or give average effort at work. Most likely your results, career progress, compensation

will be normal. You pay moderate attention to your fitness, your health. Well, your level of physical fitness will be normal.

You dedicate typical levels of effort to your relationships.

Your relationships will be normal.

Not terrible, but not remarkable.

I'm sure you get the idea here, the pattern.

Generally, over time, what we get starts to reflect what we gave.

And here's where the self-assessment comes in, the awareness.

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