How much do you weigh?

I weigh 172 on my scale at home and 180 on the scale at the doctor’s office.

According to the experts at 5’9’’ and 175 I’m overweight and my BMI is too high.

What size shoes do you wear?

I wear 10.5 in sneakers and a 10 or 11 in dress shoes depending on the brand.

What size jeans do you wear?

I wear a 32 in the Lucky brand and 33 in the Gap brand and 34 in dress pants.

I consume between 1000 and 2000 calories per day depending on what the packages say.

How about you?

I have a confession to make.

I really don’t know what any of these numbers really mean.

Do you?

What other arbitrary numbers do you use to measure yourself against?

Friends?

Followers?

Grades?

Likes?

Income?

Square footage?

0-60mph?

Etc…

Measurements of who you are and how you should be begin to enter your life ever so subtly until you’re using them to guide your life without ever asking why.

If you’re going to measure yourself against numbers then at least be curious about the numbers. Just in case you get to end of your life only to realize that the numbers were all made up and measuring up meant nothing at all.