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submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You gotta get good at something because the resulting confidence will help a lot.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Foreword: I'm not being combative, just analytical.

This line of thinking perpetuates the problem. The point is to get good because you, personally, want to get good and derive satisfaction from competence 'in a vacuum.' If you seek competence for the sake of its artificially associated value (i.e. productive member of society, validation, etc.), then you're basically locking yourself into unrelenting standards.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I get good because it feels awesome. IDGAF about others standards or what they want me to provide them.