Why You Should Give Up on Your Dreams
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#2I was expecting "your life will likely end in failure and disappointment, so you might as well cut your losses" but got "give up on your failed startup so you can play more D&D."
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#3I took time out to work on a personal project that sounds a lot like this article, a lot of what's said here resonated with me really strongly.
It's funny how the spark of an idea and excitement can fade once the reality sets in and doesn't match what was in your head. Endlessly plugging away at it, trying force the outcome you want through sheer will can be quite exhausting and defeating.
One surprising take away for me was that I missed having other people involved (it was a software project). Just having other people to be accountable to or some sort of other stakeholder that can help share the mental burden I think is key for the days when you feel unsure of the direction or purpose. I've done exactly what the article says and taken a step away for now, but hope to come back to it with a different approach and hopefully others involved.
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#4I’d rather die with the knowing that I did everything to achieve my dreams.. rather than the regret of knowing I never took the leap.
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#5I took time out to work on a personal project that sounds a lot like this article, a lot of what's said here resonated with me really strongly. It's funny how the spark of an idea and excitement can fade once the reality sets in and doesn't match what was in your head. Endlessly plugging away at it, trying force the outcome you want through sheer will can be quite exhausting and defeating. One surprising take away fo…
I agree with working with someone. Don’t think I could do this day in and day out without a cofounder I strongly resonate with. All the smaller projects in which I was flying solo is where burnout/lost of motivation would set in so fast.
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#6I’d rather die with the knowing that I did everything to achieve my dreams.. rather than the regret of knowing I never took the leap.
I read the article more as: take the leap, but recognise when to step back reassess.
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#7I’d rather die with the knowing that I did everything to achieve my dreams.. rather than the regret of knowing I never took the leap.
A good thing to ask is why you dream about a particular thing so much. is it even your own dream? or something society has told you to believe in? why so much dissatisfaction in the first place that you have to go crazy chasing something.
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#8One thing I learned recently is that, the more you pursue a dream, the more you realize that people are not born equal. That resonated so much with my past failures, and now I kind of understand what this article is talking about.
That being said - From time to time I do regret chasing my old dream, but I guess I’d only be more regretful if I didn’t. It’s ok to give up! But maybe at least give it a try.
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#9https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4ZnfCmTJMY
To me dreams are like religion - the longer it is since you gave up on them the crazier it seems that you ever believed. A dream is just some story you've made up, with you as a protagonist, and pursuing a dream means trying to bend reality to match that story, and then being pissed off because you can't
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#10That's a great series of articles, it would be great to have more options available to support the author, replacing the pop up that blocks 30% of the screen the moment I start reading. If I had an opportunity to pay $1-3 per article with minimal friction via Apple Pay I would probably do it.