• frezik@midwest.social
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    23 days ago

    Alternatively: you are having quality life experiences, do good by your friends, and engage with your community. You don’t need to compare yourself to historical overachievers.

    I have to remind myself of this constantly, because our culture won’t.

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      21 days ago

      the overwhelming majority of humans who have ever lived “accomplished” absolute jack diddly squat, they just spent their lives picking berries and making twine.

      compared to that we can “accomplish” miracles with a laptop and a browser, just go add some information on a niche wikipedia article and you’ve contributed more to humanity than most people could have ever dreamed of.

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      21 days ago

      the only difference between us and tolkien is that he wrote down his daydreams

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      23 days ago

      Dang, I guess it is too late then. I was really hoping my call to action would come any day now.

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    23 days ago

    And what was he doing for decades PRIOR to that which possibly gave him the experience and skills…

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    22 days ago

    But also, when he was in his 20-40s there where 2 World Wars back to back. So what’s your excuse?

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        22 days ago

        The vast majority don’t. The vast majority lives in India and China, which is arguably just as bad.

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    23 days ago

    Also most people are kinda on auto-pilot/following the rails until they finish school(and that’s fine). Even the ones who did really crazy shit very likely had parental guidance which means it’s not your fault your parents didn’t craft you into a race car driver or whatever.

    Once they really get out into the world they’re, what, 22-26? Older sometimes? We hit 30 and say “in 30 years I’ve done nothing” as if we had full agency and control for that entire time. You know how old the average person is when they’ve had twice the life experience of another average person who just turned 30? Probably around 40. That’s it, you’re good.

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    23 days ago

    As a musician I used to say, “Leonard Cohen began his music career in his 30s. I can do this.”

    I’m not Leonard Cohen in any imaginable way. Oh, and I’m past that point now too. :p