> The question that finally helped me break the cycle was: behind compared to what? If someone is proud that he is ahead, would you ask him: ahead compared to

> The question that finally helped me break the cycle was: behind compared to what? If someone is proud that he is ahead, would you ask him: ahead compared to what? Some alternate-reality version of yourself binge watching netflix? > It may be worth looking at your history in order to learn more about yourself, but that learning stops when review turns to regret. Regret is inseparable from learning about yourself, learning from your mistakes. > And besides, the further behind you start, the more glorious your comeback will be. There’s a reason why we celebrate ‘rags to riches’ stories. A ‘riches to riches’ story would be so boring. But that has nothing to do with how fast the story is. Rags to riches in 20 years is more impressive then rags to riches in 30 years. If it has a lot of ups and downs, the latter story might be more interesting, but if it took longer because of time wasted binge watching netflix ...