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Nytefish
United Kingdom4282 Posts
The world doesn't care for people "who know they can be the best", only those who prove they are the best. From your last paragraph I suppose you do realise this, but it's just that simple really. Being ambitious isn't a bad thing though, even if you're doomed to a life of mediocrity. | ||
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Navane
Netherlands2748 Posts
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Navane
Netherlands2748 Posts
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ManBearPig
Belgium207 Posts
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Gnojfatelob
Belgium216 Posts
On April 29 2009 16:04 GrayArea wrote: Sometimes it feels like nothing in this world can ever be good enough for me. Being a simple working class man, being a lawyer, being a doctor...they all seem like they aren't good enough for me. Like I can be someone so much bigger, so much greater, I want to be the best. I just like doing my own thing and being unique. One of a kind, someone who shines, someone different. When I think about the world, and all the possibilities it has, it just doesn't seem enough. I want to do something that nobody has ever done in this world. I want to cure cancer, write a novel series that belittles Harry Potter by 100 fold, be the biggest star this world has seen. I want to shine so brightly that the progress of history itself could not and would not be possible without my influence. Seems to me you want to be special, but you do not want to put in the hard work like education, working 10 hours a day at least, etc. Keep on dreaming then little man, you have yet to learn the ways of the world. Every person that has ever accomplished anything significant (at least 99.9% of them, there are always flukes ofc.) was not at all against any form of conformism. Instead they 'played by the rules', but worked so hard that they eventually rose above the masses. If you keep fighting against everything, if you refuse to work for your school, your job, if you expect to just be important one day, ... then little man, you are in for a BIG surprise. | ||
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Rice
United States1332 Posts
On April 29 2009 19:39 ManBearPig wrote: They make you sing the national anthem every morning in high school? Is this common throughout the USA? i think he meant the pledge of allegiance, and yes they do but you dont *have* to say it... | ||
zatic
Zurich15353 Posts
What are your accomplishments so far expect being 19 and being ambitious? Here is an idea: Try to accomplish anything before you complain everything is too trivial. Completely serious suggestion though: Win a boxing match. That should reset your perspective on a lot of things. | ||
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KrAzYfoOL
Australia3037 Posts
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KaasZerg
Netherlands927 Posts
Maybe you want to proof yourself first to affirm yourself and get recognision from others if that is one of your desires. After accomplishing that your needs might grow into a different direction or you might like to continue on the same path. Be aware of what others expect of you and what your attitude is towards those opinions. It is all part of getting to know yourself. There are academic avenues of development but also alternatives. You are not stuck on one path but also don't have unlimmited time. Acedemic preasure can help you develop fortitude. What do you want to accomplish with your degree. Make money. Get perstige, status relating to who. Help people. change the shape of thing to come. Improve society as a whole or help individuals personally. | ||
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CharlieMurphy
United States22895 Posts
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MrBitter
United States2940 Posts
In my honest opinion, you need to take a year or two to live in this world that's just not big enough for you, get a job doing some real work, and grow up in the process. Sometimes it takes lowering yourself to something menial to make sense of your life. I felt like I was too good for certain things once... Then I got a job framing houses with a non-english speaking crew, and busted my ass for about two years. Want to know the crazy thing? I was more at peace with myself... more happy... during those two years than I ever had been before. I learned more about myself, about life, and about... well, speaking Spanish, than I ever had before. It gave my life new direction. Now I'm getting ready to enter law school, and I have every intention of changing the world (even if it just means helping one person) when I get out. Stop being a bitch and do something hard for once. I think that after you put yourself through something that's "not good enough" you'll come out the other side with a new outlook on life in general. | ||
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SwaY-
Dominican Republic463 Posts
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Fen
Australia1848 Posts
The inspirational people who do amazing things with their lives are generally at the top of very competative fields. Youve given us no indication that you can even compete at a basic level in those fields so I think you should start there. In the end, anyone can turn around and say that they wanna change the world. But it takes a hell of a lot hard work to actually do so. I doesnt sound like your willing to put any hard work in however. | ||
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d1v
Sweden868 Posts
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Shiverfish
Canada95 Posts
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QuanticHawk
United States32082 Posts
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1133 Posts
Seriously, once your older, prepare to have your ego crushed, I already know I'm nothing special, and that is why I continue to work harder than anyone around me to accomplish my own goals. Feeling it is absolutely garbage, absolutely fucking shit in this world. You will get mocked a fool, and your nothing unless you actually do something. But here's another quote from a great writer: "Never mistake motion for action." Hope that means something. | ||
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Hypnosis
United States2061 Posts
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GrayArea
United States872 Posts
Don't want to explain, but I am more qualified than I come across as being. | ||
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Shiverfish
Canada95 Posts
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