"You cannot catch what you do not drop." I'd never seen that before, what a great quote.
What if someone threw you something?
Then you can't catch it.
I'm 20, brilliant and totally lost
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Re: I'm 20, brilliant and totally lost
#12The advice given is probably worthless. The student obviously has issues with authority, his goals being dependent on the validation of others etc yet that isn't even discussed. It's basically a generic "feeling lost is good for a while" answer, which every smart 20-year old should be able to give himself.
Re: I'm 20, brilliant and totally lost
#13Earlier quoted context omitted.
What if someone threw you something?
Sorry, I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not. But obviously the quote's saying that if you're handed everything it means nothing. But if you lose it and have to fight to regain it, you learn its true value.
ah, like the prodigal son.
(I used to wonder if "prodigal" was a biblical term; but it's just related to the word "prodigious". However, I don't know which came first.)
Re: I'm 20, brilliant and totally lost
#14Given society's strict schedule for youth, the timing of getting lost is key. Around college graduation time is a great time to get lost. Your drive has carried you through 17 years of education and you are free to find yourself at that point. Getting lost in junior high, like I did, is just bad timing. High School and college become a holding pattern in which you get lazier and lazier. Luckily it doesn't last forever.
Re: I'm 20, brilliant and totally lost
#15The conflation of doing well in school and brilliance is amusing.
Don't most people figure out the distinction in HS?
Re: I'm 20, brilliant and totally lost
#16At least he recognizes he's lost now, when there's plenty of time ahead to fix it. A lot of people won't see it for another 30 years.
Oh, but he also "recognizes" that he's brilliant, the two realization should exactly cancel each other out...
Re: I'm 20, brilliant and totally lost
#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
What if someone threw you something?
Sorry, I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not. But obviously the quote's saying that if you're handed everything it means nothing. But if you lose it and have to fight to regain it, you learn its true value.
No, that's not what it's saying. What it's saying is "all the cool kids sound zen, so here's my shot".
BTW - Folks who earned "it" in the first place know something about value too. There are identities other than the lost princess....
Re: I'm 20, brilliant and totally lost
#18The women did it to him, I've said it before, and i'm going to say it again. If you want to be king of productivity, avoid girls.
Re: I'm 20, brilliant and totally lost
#19The conflation of doing well in school and brilliance is amusing. Don't most people figure out the distinction in HS?
It depends on how "brilliant" they are!
This whole thread is an endless font for quip abuse, mod me down quickly so I learn my lesson...
Re: I'm 20, brilliant and totally lost
#20Lucky you! I was 20, brilliant and totally lost. Now I'm 36...
To quote the famous (unfortunately hoax) Vonnegut speech:
Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives. Some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know still don't.