How to Live in Gray Areas

Understanding and embracing the gray area has many benefits:

• By understanding that things are not black or white, one has fewer expectations and assumptions, leading to less anxiety.
• Acceptance of imperfections makes life easy, and it is proven that perfection can be dangerous and unhealthy.
• One leads a better life and is less inclined towards certain addictions, which are symptoms of avoiding gray areas at all costs.

1. Set boundaries and moderate your tolerance levels towards the bad.
2. Understand that it is not always possible to score 100 percent, and 75 percent isn’t a bad score.
3. Embrace multiple options, diverse choices and the for-or-against mentality, refusing to shut yourself in an echo chamber.
4. Be more curious when you hear something that is not according to your beliefs, assumptions or upbringing.
5. Challenge your own narratives and assumptions.
6. Realize that you are yourself a bundle of beautiful contradictions, which make you unique.