Squirrel_Whisperer

How frustrating was it waiting for your 18th birthday before beginning work on the site?

Certain schools open up connections you wouldn't get elsewhere. That is about the only advantage.

Nope. They hope they don't screw it up.

Have you seen Stranger Things? I felt there were scenes that should have required a warning for those dealing with epilepsy.

Lots of therapy is aimed at viewing yourself from the lens of an outsider. You probably find it easy to give someone advice when they ask you because you only see the big picture. If you were to try to give yourself the same advice you will have a limitless amount of inner dialogue that you would factor in and in turn, you’d lose the overall big picture.

Would you tell your friend to not apply for a job because they may get rejected or would you tell them that it couldn’t hurt because they already don’t have the job? Are you not applying because you don’t think you are good enough or are you avoiding it so you don’t have “evidence” that you aren’t good enough? You miss 100% of the shots... yadda yadda.

As for not trying, there is always going to be someone better than you. You may find that unacceptable, but again, would you pressure someone else into giving up because they won’t be the best? And you know how those who are better than you got to that point, they put in the effort. It takes sweat and talent to be great at something and the sweat factor far outweighs the raw talent. I can look at comedians and be in awe of how they come up with their concepts and think that I never could be as good. Then I hear about how they sucked early on. By using their brain to look for humor in the world they became more efficient. Now it’s second nature to find the funny. Those creative types you look up to were once in your position and the drive to keep creating for them to where they are now. With more experience they are able to concoct more ideas with greater ease.

Even if what you try sucks, the next attempt will suck less. Keep repeating until it is great. And it is good that you aren’t satisfied. If you get to the point where you are totally happy with your creations it means you’ve stopped growing. And if you are feeling that you’ve plateaued, look at your previous works and see how far you’ve come. Your improvements are imperceptible to you until you zoom out.