Did you ever discover that you’re not good at everything all the time?
If you are anything like me, this realization will cause you to have a minor existential crisis and regret all your less-than-industrious life choices up to that point (Did I really have to watch 25 episodes of the Hana Yori Dango anime the night before my organic chem final?). The truth came to me recently, just after I graduated from college and had to face the real grown-up world. Turns out life is hard and I’m not always well-equipped to deal with difficulty.
Seen here: expert coping
There are only three ways I know how to deal with problems; napping, denial and over-analyzing situations until they become so convoluted and abstract it doesn't feel like real life anymore. Observe my current mental model for adulthood:
I know, I get it, I understand what you're saying, this model is overly simplistic, vague, recursive, unhelpful and hey wait a minute, that second step
doesn't even exist. You're saying, pssshhh you can do better than that. I agree with you, given a little time, a little more thought and something other than Microsoft Paint I can do better. In fact, let's make that the theme of my life in general and this blog in particular.
Anything I can do, I can do better.
