The first step is to accept that you probably won't change the world in any large and consequential way. But you can change a small part of the world for the people around you in a meaningful way. Find the joy that comes from helping out one of the people you interact with. Solving that problem that's causing significant pain for one person can be a huge deal to them! Sure there is joy from solving technical problems, but humans are social creatures and need to see that their work is having an impact on other people. Figure out what works for you.
Ask HN: How do you accept your place in the world?
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Re: Ask HN: How do you accept your place in the world?
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The Gregory Hayes translation is good. Which do you have?
That’s the one I have. I don’t usually have difficulties with reading comprehension, I’m a big fan of Dostoyevsky translations. But for some reason I can read some chapters in the Hays translation a dozen times without having any idea what he’s saying. If that’s an issue unique to me, it probably means I need to push through and it’s an opportunity to improve. The reviews seem positive and I’ve heard it recommended m…
Well, he wasn't writing to be understood by anyone. He was writing to himself. Some wont be easy to understand. Some requires history or philosophy background and some is impossible to grasp 100%