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I agree. This question comes up in different forms time and time again and the answers are almost always the same: Just do it. The only thing stopping you do

I agree. This question comes up in different forms time and time again and the answers are almost always the same: Just do it. The only thing stopping you doing it is you so stop procrastinating and get on with it or just admit you're actually not that bothered / committed / whatever.

igravious 16y ago
I've been following this site for a while and I've been paying attention. I haven't seen this specific question put in exactly this way. I'll have another root around though, thx! The whole thing kind of depresses me because at the moment I don't even have a job in IT, I've returned to university to get a master in humanities - digital culture studies in fact so it's not like I've left the tech world completely behind me. I couldn't succeed in the corporate world either as an employee or freelance. I would love to have some kind of part-time paying gig to supplement my income of 0 but my inability to do stuff for myself with just my dreams and desires as motivation is letting me down once again. I'm letting myself down once again. Don't get me wrong, this is not a Oh woe is me sob story, I'm doing okay, I know I could do better cuz I've got the smarts...
- noahc 16y ago
  My father told me to be really smart. When I was a child I read volumes and volumes of histories of the united states, children's encyclopedias, regular encyclopedias, dictionaries, etc, etc. At some point the reading has to end. The learning has to end. You have to do it. Also, smarts don't matter. You can be the smartest person in the world, but until you do it. It doesn't matter, because you're just like the kid who hasn't read it all. Stop being a theorist and start being the guy in the arena[1]. [1] http://www.theodore-roosevelt.com/trsorbonnespeech.html http://www.theodore-roosevelt.com/trsorbonnespeech.html
- coliveira 16y ago
  well, these guys are giving the right advice. Doing it is the fastest way to succeed, even if it is a small step.

igravious 16y ago

I've been following this site for a while and I've been paying attention. I haven't seen this specific question put in exactly this way. I'll have another root around though, thx! The whole thing kind of depresses me because at the moment I don't even have a job in IT, I've returned to university to get a master in humanities - digital culture studies in fact so it's not like I've left the tech world completely behind me. I couldn't succeed in the corporate world either as an employee or freelance. I would love to have some kind of part-time paying gig to supplement my income of 0 but my inability to do stuff for myself with just my dreams and desires as motivation is letting me down once again. I'm letting myself down once again. Don't get me wrong, this is not a Oh woe is me sob story, I'm doing okay, I know I could do better cuz I've got the smarts...

noahc 16y ago
My father told me to be really smart. When I was a child I read volumes and volumes of histories of the united states, children's encyclopedias, regular encyclopedias, dictionaries, etc, etc. At some point the reading has to end. The learning has to end. You have to do it. Also, smarts don't matter. You can be the smartest person in the world, but until you do it. It doesn't matter, because you're just like the kid who hasn't read it all. Stop being a theorist and start being the guy in the arena[1]. [1] http://www.theodore-roosevelt.com/trsorbonnespeech.html http://www.theodore-roosevelt.com/trsorbonnespeech.html
coliveira 16y ago
well, these guys are giving the right advice. Doing it is the fastest way to succeed, even if it is a small step.