All my life until now, my identity and sense of self-worth had been based on an oppressively intense dermination to create an envisioned career. Though I'm very talented and experienced in several areas, I have yet to achieve anything (at least officially) in any of them...
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My underachievement wasn't *despite* but *because* of my top-down, future-obsessed way of self-identification. Don't know what I'm gonna do with my life, but I'm ok with that and with just allowing it to happen when and if it does. For now, I'm a mummy (of the archeological kind)
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Replying to @noelnotdothing
This describes the last 10 years of my life. Tryna do a switcheroo where I focus on personal development/quality of my soul first, and have faith that if I succeed at that I will contribute *something* to the world.
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That being said, bright line goals are one of the only things that really get my ass in gear...
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Not familiar with bright lines (though I've heard the term), google turned up several contexts. Boundary setting?
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I guess I mean a legible accomplishment (climbing Mt. Everest, getting a PhD, launching a successful startup, having a kid) vs Illegible Accomplishments (being more patient, etc).
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