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To those who have not read MightyAtom's wonderful blog, I suggest you do right now.
When I finished reading the blog, I took a bit of time to reflect about myself, and my present circumstances. I put myself on a pedestal and have this twisted, sick, illusion of grandeur about myself. I think I'm smart, logical, and rational. But in fact, I'm far from any of those things, despite me so desperately wanting to be labelled as such. Looking past all the lies that I have repeatedly told myself to fuel and satisfy my ego, I can see that I'm just some ignorant kid who thinks he deserves better. I think I deserve better than what I have now, and honestly, it's unbelievably unintelligent to think it such a way. The amount of effort I put in is equivalent to what I get as a reward. To deny this is tantamount to wilful disregard of common sense.
In my defence, everybody has a tough time accepting these hard-hitting truths. More often than not, the abyss that we have fallen in and are trapped in - we pushed ourselves in. Teetering on the edge of the endless abyss, we perhaps even jumped in head first, thinking that we are so good and well that we can simply climb out, and that we can do anything we want. But when we find ourselves trapped, unable to escape, realize just how pathetic we are, we pull the wool over our own eyes. We cover our ears and shield ourselves from the harsh reality. We say that it was a gust that pushed us spiralling into the abyss, and that we ourselves would have never even thought of going into it. And yet.
And yet.
We know the truth! We cannot deny it forever! Instead of wallowing in self-pity and self-loath, or perhaps even worse - feigning ignorance, we should embrace the truth! Embrace our downfalls, for we know that if they are overcome, we will come out stronger, better!
We, some might say, are a generation that is plagued by a severe case of laziness, and that this is the digital era is not helping or beneficial to us. Some of us lack motivation and inspiration. We must scrutinise ourselves, carefully review ourselves to find out what we really want. We should not pursue something out of the instructions of others, unless it coincides with our goals. We should pursue a dream that we truly desire and want.
People on the TeamLiquid forums come from all walks of life, and struggle with all sorts of problems. Some of us have to plough through the mundaneness of work, handle the tall orders of demanding and unreasonable bosses. Some have difficulty with their studies. Some have yet to find a proper direction, a proper goal in life. Today, my friends, is when we should put an end to all this. The journey may be strenuous, arduous, difficult, tough, hard, demanding, may require us to give it all we got or hit rock bottom, but we should all remind ourselves that we can. We can do it. Even if you fail, as long as you succeed after or even fail a little bit less. As long as you did your best, you deserve the right to be proud and say that you succeeded.
I leave all of you with a quote from my personal hero, Neil deGrasse Tyson, when he was asked, " What can you tell a young man looking for motivation in life itself? "
On March 2012, approximately 2 months back from today, The Sexiest Astrophysicist Alive wrote:
The problem, often not discovered until late in life, is that when you look for things in life like love, meaning, motivation, it implies they are sitting behind a tree or under a rock. The most successful people in life recognize, that in life they create their own love, they manufacture their own meaning, they generate their own motivation. For me, I am driven by two main philosophies, know more today about the world than I knew yesterday. And lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you.
 
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I don't know if I'm supposed to be even more motivated from this blog... I admit that I'm more bored than excited at work, but is that success regardless?
I'm confused. Or maybe I'm confusing myself, which still means I'm confused but under control.
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That's not a bad way to think about things.
I much prefer the simpler. "Rule #1: Work Harder. Rule #2: Work Harder then that."
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On May 09 2012 00:54 IVFearless wrote:
That's not a bad way to think about things.
I much prefer the simpler. "Rule #1: Work Harder. Rule #2: Work Harder then that."
Then what?
Btw mr. Tyson is so awesome! Such an inspirational figure, and a scientist to top it off. Can't help but love that man.
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On May 09 2012 01:09 solidbebe wrote:Show nested quote +On May 09 2012 00:54 IVFearless wrote:
That's not a bad way to think about things.
I much prefer the simpler. "Rule #1: Work Harder. Rule #2: Work Harder then that." Then what?Btw mr. Tyson is so awesome! Such an inspirational figure, and a scientist to top it off. Can't help but love that man.
enjoy success but keep working.
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OpShot, are you happy and content with your position in life now?
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On May 09 2012 06:42 Azera wrote:
OpShot, are you happy and content with your position in life now?
That's a good question because there's so many ways to answer. Am I bi-polar or simply multi-minded? I don't even know, huehuehuehuehuehu......
So single word answer, yes.
Longer: yes, for most part - I know I'm living the life I imagined of before, and I'm in a good career path to continue forward. Of course, the ultimate dream is to become the supreme leader dictator of the world, but about that, uhhh...
More details: man work is really boring sometimes though. It's really hard to do high-level stuff like general urban planning, conceptual city design/planning, and stuff like that. I'm stuck in my cubicle churning out network simulation results everyday, and maybe organizing analysis and making simplified data packages for clients, and the most "soft" work I do is probably writing reports about the stuff I just mentioned. I mean it's fun and very satisfying when that network finally meets the calibration goals and you see 3D simulated cars travelling happily (probably not, actually, because most of the networks I make are to evaluate level of congestion), but sometimes I wish I can rise quicker and do more "soft" stuff. I guess that'll come down the road when I have more experience at the junior level.
In terms of living outside work though, I have everything (except a girlfriend, I guess, but I'm not in a big hurry to get one or anything). Completely financially independent (still paying off student loans but that's well under control and on schedule). Condo-living at one of the best residential locations in the city. My own digital piano, a Lexus to my name, a 55 inch Samsung TV with Xbox360+Wii (and it does 3D too!), fridge filled with frozen chicken wings, KFC coupons on my desk, and IU posters around me... couldn't ask for more. =D
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On May 09 2012 01:09 solidbebe wrote:Show nested quote +On May 09 2012 00:54 IVFearless wrote:
That's not a bad way to think about things.
I much prefer the simpler. "Rule #1: Work Harder. Rule #2: Work Harder then that." Then what?
Ask yourself why you're doing so much work.
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SirCharles,
You sound like you're pretty contended with your life at the moment and that's great! I'm happy for you :D
Maybe what you can do to "up" your level of success is to get a wife/gf and maybe settle down with a family or something. That's a pretty big thing though, so maybe you can just enjoy your life now and chill.
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On May 09 2012 16:05 Azera wrote:
SirCharles,
You sound like you're pretty contended with your life at the moment and that's great! I'm happy for you :D
Maybe what you can do to "up" your level of success is to get a wife/gf and maybe settle down with a family or something. That's a pretty big thing though, so maybe you can just enjoy your life now and chill.
Dude, I'm still young (23) and settling down with a family is still scary to me. Not mentally ready, nope. Plus, although I'm more or less content with what I have, I'll never lose my drive to become the world's supreme dictator. Muhahaha~
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Korea (South)1897 Posts
28-33 is a good age for marriage for men I think, (I got married at 33).
But as a point to the OP, ^^, great quote. Make it simple, and just go make it happen.
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