The chase or the challenge

There is something about a chase that makes it worth pursuing even if the prize is not something you wanted in the first place.

Human nature is attuned to challenges and coming out victorious. So many times it does not even matter you reached where you wanted to, the thrill comes from just achieving what you thought was a huge challenge.

And this theory that I just came up with has probably been discussed a lot of times by a lot of people, but I realize this every day, all the time because I am so the, ‘chase’ kinds.

My best friends knows me very well (as she should) and I should thank her for asking me evaluating my prize because so many times I forget to do that. And I wonder is it just me, or this is common phenomena? Do people always like to get to something they did not want in the first place, just because getting it was a challenge you embarked upon?

The chase or the challenge, whatever it is, gives you a brain rush like no other. The inner satisfaction you feel after every bit of progress you make is priceless. However much you think, “It’s the journey that is worth it, not the destination all the time,” but is it really that much worth it?

The worst of it all is sometimes when you realize you are the one who likes the chase, but you still do it. Because the high that it gives you is just irreplaceable.

(May be I am thinking too much)

I guess all I am trying to say is, I don’t know whether it is a good thing or a bad thing. Whether being all bout the chase is the ultimate driving factor towards the prize. Whether the chase is what makes you value it more? Whether after the chase is over and a success, the prize does not even matter any more?

Honestly, I don’t know. But I know living for the chase , if capable of giving you a high, is also capable of making the nodes in your brain dysfunctional  and sometimes, DEAD.

So just a friendly advice, beware of the chase. Evaluate the prize. Sometimes being the president does not even matter, if all you wanted to do was take the challenge of being one.

Makes sense?