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Perhaps I don’t! I also went to an ag school, except one that’s objectively unimpressive. I honestly can’t save as much as my peers, make a pittance compared t
by rejectedandsad 5y ago
Perhaps I don’t! I also went to an ag school, except one that’s objectively unimpressive.
I honestly can’t save as much as my peers, make a pittance compared to the Ivy Leaguers and have never achieved a fraction of what most of these hyper accomplished folks did even while being much older. Sometimes I feel like I should just wither away because there’s not much hope of ever achieving anything at this rate if I’m just innately inferior.
- jvanderbot 5y agoWell, don't feel that way. That's some poor story telling about yourself. And how you frame issues is everything. [1] At least you can save, which puts you over a huge % of Americans, and 99% of the world I'd bet. You have an education (I assume?) which is a huge leg up. I wouldn't bother saying all this, except I was a very late start myself, with lots of debt, zero education, and not even a high school degree. It took time, but that's something we all still have. There was a guy in the warehouse (3rd shift) that worked with me before all the re-invention. He was +20 years my senior, working two jobs. He gave me a talk similar to above and it was a wake-up for me. That helped me. Nowadays, my peers help me by being supportive and inspiring. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_behavioral_therapy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_behavioral_therapy Hey by the way, i always thought CBT was rubbish, until the intersection with that, Stoicism, and Meditation was made clear in the book Happiness Hypothesis. How dumb / arrogant was I to write off stuff that seemed to help millions of others ... Another thing I had to learn the hard way.