I think this comes from a belief that you need to achieve something in life, and specifically to achieve something that is brag worthy, which by definition is s

I think this comes from a belief that you need to achieve something in life, and specifically to achieve something that is brag worthy, which by definition is something rare, which by definition is something almost everyone won’t achieve. 99.999% are mediocre. For more concrete advice, avoid places that fuel this desire to be better than most. HN, Twitter, Reddit and Clubhouse are full of people who can brag and plenty that can’t but will make their profile look like they are awesome. “Successful founder. Been into orbit. Created Rust. I can read books faster than you can burn them.” etc. Ignore all that shit. What changed me is doing a survival course. Lesson: if you have access to clean water, free of snake bites and no medical problems you are doing pretty good. That’s with the upmost respect to people who do have big problems In their life, but what I’m trying to get across is a course like that might change ones perspective if the biggest problem is underachievement. Many of us live our lives backwards and not as a community in the physical world. I’m not cured yet. Some HN post had me questioning what I have done in my life. Bloody overachievers!