You've got me so flummoxed I have no idea what else to write here.
I think that it's easy to get caught up in what is supposed to be clever or witty or smart, but often it ends up coming across as over-determined and self-conscious. I've found it to be extremely helpful to just focus on the small stuff, and leave the bigger messages to those more talented than me. This after struggling for an eternity with needing to prove how ______ I was [clever, beyond-my-years, silly, add adjective here]. Basically, I know how smart I am, which is to say that my intelligent fluctuates from day to day and minute to minute: from Einsteinian brilliance down to dumb-ass chowderhead. So go easy on yourself and your brains, and they will go easy on you.
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Date: 2004-05-25 04:01 am (UTC)You've got me so flummoxed I have no idea what else to write here.
I think that it's easy to get caught up in what is supposed to be clever or witty or smart, but often it ends up coming across as over-determined and self-conscious. I've found it to be extremely helpful to just focus on the small stuff, and leave the bigger messages to those more talented than me. This after struggling for an eternity with needing to prove how ______ I was [clever, beyond-my-years, silly, add adjective here]. Basically, I know how smart I am, which is to say that my intelligent fluctuates from day to day and minute to minute: from Einsteinian brilliance down to dumb-ass chowderhead. So go easy on yourself and your brains, and they will go easy on you.
Did I just say anything at all?