Context: I'm very very very very dumb. Do not take this as advice. I write for me and write based on limited experience. This is what I thought of in 1 sitting, and am probably wrong in a lot of places. I am very willing to change my mind on any of these.
Be honest with yourself, not doing so only slows you down and makes you live in fear. Lead with the assumption that you’re lying to yourself.
It’s okay to bitch and moan sometimes, but you just have to love the pain, you can not win here otherwise.
Knowing what advice to listen to and what to ignore is a skill, and not a particularly easy one.
You are not special – ask people to open up their checkbooks and you’ll see. Best case here is that you get humbled, worst case is that you seclude yourself and live in your own bubble-y world.
Hard problems are going to be hard to solve. Again, ok to feel annoyed sometimes but you can not complain all the time. You chose this. You could’ve started an AI wrapper company, or heck, gone to college and no one would’ve batted an eye. Be existentially kinky.
Not giving up when things get hard is a moat.
When stuff gets hard, think about the person that will emerge. Optimize for character building. Without pain, you can not build character.
It’s okay to have opinions, and proclaim them and not only in private.
No one is strong willed enough, having a set of people who will call you out on your BS is very very important.
Run towards fear. Avoiding it only causes more fear.
Starting out ambitious is irrelevant. Anyone can emerge from their bubble at 18 ready to change the world. It’s staying ambitious that counts. Nothing can compare to getting beat up all weak, month, year and still saying you want more.
If it is humanly possible, it is possible for you to do. The only person you need to convince is yourself.
Ask yourself, is it really that hard? Am I just tired? Am I just annoyed? Am I exaggerating? If you are stressed about a pitch or something, it’s your fault. Over a decade, failures damp down. Even after a week, things don’t seem as bad.
Acting serious = serious person, is a dumb as fuck myth. Be silly pls.