Toaster126

Fuck me, I need to stay out of these threads...

Well, hey, if everything is working out exactly how you want it, why do I keep seeing your posts asking for advice and input? Maybe the trains of thought you are having aren't the most condusive for personal growth. Just because you try something new doesn't mean it will automatically work out perfectly every time.

The first time I used a vaccum tube I was pretty slow about it. The person behind me honked a couple of times. I didn't give a shit, I did what I needed to do, and went on with my buisness.

You can only grow so far without challenging yourself and failing. The difference is that you need to pick yourself up and do it again. Trying once and failing isn't productive, because it's only reinforcing your preconceived notion that you can't do things. So keep trying things, and when you can do them it the whole situation will seem as silly to you as it does to me.

It's only "foolish" if you decide the lesson here is not to try and leave your little comfort zone. The lesson is that when we stretch ourselves, we need to accept the possibility that we won't succeed the first attempt, but to dust ourselves off and try again.

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