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I was 20 when I wrote this - had no money in the bank, owed friends ~$600 dollars, was 6 months into 2 years of mandatory conscription. I hadn’t yet started my first community, I hadn’t yet launched my tshirt business, not yet Quora top writer, hardly anybody read my blog
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Life will NOT get me down- I'm better than that, and I will transcend this. It's when I'm face down in mud that I embrace the earth in awe.
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In many ways I am smarter, smoother, more high-functioning, more nuanced, sensitive, accomplished, likeable. But this kid had a certain drive and hunger that I feel like I’ve lost touch of. In some ways he was stronger, gutsier. I suppose he had less to lose...?
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