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This is a bit adjacent. I find one thing that I struggle with making anything when I see so many people I like doing seemingly amazing things, and I try and fig

This is a bit adjacent. I find one thing that I struggle with making anything when I see so many people I like doing seemingly amazing things, and I try and figure why I haven’t done amazing things. I’ve come up with a (somewhat dumb, but useful) mantra: The only difference between people who do things and people who don’t, is that people who do things, do things. It’s a ridiculous rephrase of the “1% inspiration, 99% perspiration” quote. Also a reminder to myself and everyone else: it’s okay if you’re not working 80 hour weeks. It’s okay if you don’t make a company that is a billion dollar sale to a FANG. It’s okay if you take regular vacations. It’s okay to not have a side hustle. It’s okay to put your career second. Do what’s fulfilling for you. Do what you find interesting, energizing, and fulfilling. And if you can only do that on the weekends and evenings, that’s okay.

kuu 6y ago
> I find one thing that I struggle with making anything when I see so many people I like doing seemingly amazing things, and I try and figure why I haven’t done amazing things. This also happens to me. In other comment I read it may be related to social media too: now we have many more connections and those who are successful are even more known that they were in the past, and we're not just watching one single person with that "gift" but just one after the other, so it may seem that they all are better/do more amazing things than we do. The thing is that we see the popular ones, which are the very tip of the iceberg, but there are many many others "behind" them... I guess we may also have to reduce our exposure to those sources...