I don’t my go to is self doubt
Yeah. It’s interesting because I get a lot of pushback from people who normally tell me I can do anything, regardless of whether I actually could. As soon as it’s something hard that I want to do, they start hemming and hawing and saying I shouldn’t. Like wtf is that?
Or as I like to say, “I can do anything. Except earn a living wage.” 🫠
I can make all sorts of cool shit, but I have zero ability to market myself. Though considering that making a hobby into a job is a great way to sap all the joy out of it, I’m happy to give things I make away as gifts.
And from a life’s experience… It’s not just a belief
Words straight out of my mouth.
The problem is we can’t often choose where to aim this hyperfocus.
Oh so you could make that a means to an end as well like everything else that’s devoid of joy in capitalist society?
If I could choose where exactly to point this ability I could have a serious go at figuring out some unknowns in our understanding of the universe.
I have no idea what you had in mind, or what you really meant by your run-on sentence/question.
It would have been lost on you either way
The opposite (I refuse to do it, or even try, if I don’t find it interesting) is also true for me.
Yes. Unfortunately however I don’t have much control over what I get interested in
And then after getting to about 70% of mastering it, lose all interest.
Lmao yes
That, plus the crushing feeling of worthlessness when you try something and aren’t immediately good at it.
really? i LOVE not being good at things. it means i’ll actually get to spend some time doing it trying to learn.
doing this with dancing right now! nothing as satisfying as the big gains you get right at the beginning of something you suck at
I think this is what I love about music. Even though I kinda suck at it, there’s always a little something I can improve on with 5-10 minutes of practice.
“we choose to go to the moon and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because we thought they were easy”
It’s easier to maintain that attitude if you look at other people’s output and go:
“I don’t know if I’m good, but I’m definitely better than those guys.”
And also, that sounds super arrogant, but then again those guys make very embarrassing mistakes all the time, so idk…
Yah I have this too. And then ultra embarrassingly I end up making similar mistakes at times.
I do. If I get rabbit hole on something I can do an aweful lot.
Yes but it’s self-fulfilling because I’m less interested in things that I’m bad at
Nah, there’s tons of things I am noticeably less skilled at than the average person, but still way more dedicated and knowledgeable than randos.
In that moment
It is true though!
I have the confidence that if I try at something I will fuck it up
