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Mediocrity

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Branden Collinsworth
Feb 11, 2025
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Mediocrity is a thief with soft hands.
It doesn’t break down the door—
it seeps in, unnoticed.
It makes its home in your smallest choices,
slipping between your dreams and your excuses.
It whispers, This is fine. This is enough.
It doesn’t demand; it seduces.
And before you know it,
it’s everywhere.

It’s in the way you show up—
half-hearted, half-present,
just skating by.
It’s in your relationships,
where love fades into obligation,
where silence replaces effort,
where connection is lost
because trying feels like too much.

It’s in your work,
where ambition is dulled by routine,
where you trade your fire
for a paycheck and a to-do list.
It’s in your health,
where every skipped workout,
every ignored promise,
pulls you further from the strength
you once swore you’d build.
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