‘More mentality’ (the condition of always striving above and beyond what you have) often has negative connotations.
Much of this maybe owes, in part, to its links with consumerism and materialism.
When I heard this audio by Matthew Mcconohay, however, it made the idea seem much less about being insatiable or capitalistic…and much more about wanting to make the most out of having one precious, fragile life.
To this end, the question ‘what’s your more?’ is one we should probably all be posing to ourselves more often than we likely already are.
Not in such a way that affords undue value to ‘stuff,’ but rather in such a way that allows deeper wants and needs to be explored, outside the confines of what we already have.
This might just be one of the least obvious cornerstones of ‘wellness’ that I’ve ever considered, and not least because it blurs the boundaries of what we’re told and know is ‘good for us’ - and what we feel might be.
As well, it demands introspection, maybe much more than action, which does make it hard to quantify the efficacy of, particularly in terms of happiness, joy, motivation, or such like.
What I’ve deduced, after much consideration of this topic, is that my ‘more’ is a bit of a miscellany of all of Matthew’s examples (balance, trust, love, choice... for starters), though I might add in ‘creativity’ 'awe' and ‘travel,’ for starters.
Oftentimes, the ‘more’ in question might not be a panacea (or even remotely ‘healthy’ per se), but even so, what it CAN do is spark a cascade of other health-giving decisions and behaviours.
I’ll use another one of my ‘mores’ as an example…
More good coffee!
It’s not an elixir, let’s be honest!
BUT…actioning this intention to ‘drink more good coffee’ might in fact create space, time or energy for other ‘mores’ - the sum of which, could mitigate at least some of the downsides of being perpetually powered by caffeine!
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