536) Is it that the problems aren't changing, or that the problems are holding me back?
537) Getting by has become so easy that I fear I have become lazy, or averse to the work involved with progress.
538) There are important distinctions in 537) that are subtly hidden in the sloppiness of our language, but, that shouldn't be used as an excuse for a lack of focus, effort, or most importantly, progress.
539) But, with all that is said, perhaps finding a state of fulfillment can replace constant evolution. Meditation, in a way. Stasis. Our language either makes this concept ugly ("stale", "stagnant") or suggests it is an unachievable reality that one should strive for but is not really achievable ("utopia", "paradise").
540) Our language and our society (for various reasons; our own survival or the survival of our corporations) depend or once depended on us making measurable progress toward some shared goal.
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