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Another lesson is to not rely on the opinion of the opposite gender (or the same, if you prefer...not that there's anything wrong with that) for your self-estee
by squozzer 15y ago
Another lesson is to not rely on the opinion of the opposite gender (or the same, if you prefer...not that there's anything wrong with that) for your self-esteem.
Also, don't give too much weight to well-meaning writers who ask you to do more and dream less.
After all, we're no more than little grubby organisms clinging to a dirty, water-covered rock in a rather humdrum star system that sits on the edge of a pretty ordinary galaxy. Against that backdrop, even the Apollo program is not much better than your soon to be forgotten project.
- pacemkr 15y agoThinking like this helps me center. Whenever I find myself down and my productivity low, I stop and think of how insignificant all this is, on a cosmic scale. We're here, and then we're not. You'd guess that this thinking would make you feel nihilistic: what is the point of what I'm doing? Ironically, I only feel like that when thinking on a human scale, of life, of what I want to accomplish, of how unattainable it all seem in the moment. Then I step back, and I see that we are a spec in time and all this self-doubt and torture is unnecessary. At the end of this game, there are no winners. Enjoying the sport is your personal victory.