Have you ever noticed that while we all have problems, we are generally grateful to not have the problems belonging to our neighbor? Growing up middle class but not necessarily on the upper end of the spectrum, we always talked about how we would some day successfully solve the challenge of not having enough money, looking forward to inheriting the problem of having too much money.
I'm still waiting...
But when it comes to actual, real issues that go deeper than simple first world problems, we will settle into a rut of wallowing in our current problem, without really trying to get out of it. We're just happy that we don't have THAT problem. Of course our friend or family member or associate who does suffer from THAT problem is probably subconsciously saying the same thing about ours.
Of course, if we actually solved our current problem, maybe a worse one will come along. Or maybe a better one will. Or maybe the real problem under it all is being averse to change.
