Aspire to go beyond the ordinary. If you can, you've passed the course. It can be transformed to everyone's advantage. When you understand the point of human existence and recognize the worth of the tools available, you will be able to expand and integrate yourself at an accelerated rate. Leave everything better than when you came upon it.
Excessive thought leads to utter confusion.
Do what you need to do with a willing heart and with all the energy you can muster. This is the way to do things well. This draws energy into the brain and consciousness. It is said that to be no one and want nothing is to be everything. Life is long enough for us to investigate this possibility.