The story of life … we always want what we can't have, and once we get it we still want something better. We live in a society where things are constantly developing and we always want more, whether it's more money, a better job, the new thing Apple just came out with or to live happily ever after. Most of us are never satisfied, so we live our lives always striving for that 'extra' thing that we think will make us happy. In reality, it never really does.

We are guilty of wanting people we can't have, wanting relationships or being single, and for some of us, once we get these things, we realize we never really wanted them to begin with.

We all want people we can't have, but some people only enjoy the challenge. I used to think "the chase" was a male thing: they always desire someone out of their reach. You see it all the time, they chase after girls who are unattainable, maybe they're out of their league or have boyfriends. Then once they get them, they don't want them anymore, and then some of us are left confused as to why that happened. It's because they get a thrill out of the chase, but it's not just a male thing. On some level we all are playing a game to see if we could get that person we wanted; it's just that some people realize they love the chase more then anything else.

If it turns out we love the chase more than we like the person, it's only natural to get them and then let them go. For the most part, we don't do it on purpose; most of us don't really know what we want, we keep trying to figure it out and unfortunately we hurt others on the way.

Not only do we want people that are out of our reach, we want more than what we already have. Do you ever notice when you are in a relationship you have those days when you wish you were single again? Or when you're single you wish that you were with someone? For most of us, the grass is always greener on the other side. We tend to look at only the benefits of something we want and the negative in what we already have.

When you're in a relationship, the thing you tend to miss is your freedom. When I go out with my girlfriends, I always hear, "I wish I was single, you always have so much fun." When you see your single friends having fun and doing what they want with whom they want, you think it would be a nice change. That being said, you are only looking at the glamorous parts of being single; you are neglecting to listen to all the crappy things your single friends have to deal with. Then when you are single, you realize it gets old pretty fast. It's like when we're on a diet and all the food we never really loved before just looks so much better when we can't eat it, and then after trying so hard to resist it, we take a bite of that chocolate mousse cheesecake, and think, "Did I honestly just break my diet for this?" It always looks better than it tastes.

Since we are constantly striving for something more, most of us never realize what we have until it's gone; we don't appreciate the things we already have in our lives. Obviously, the grass looks greener on the other side, because you can never really see it clearly. But then you finally take a walk to the other side and see that the grass you thought was greener actually has a few brown patches in it. So yes, it's ok to want more in your life, but don't let that consume you, because you will miss the best thing in your life now.