Yeah, that's not me. I'm happy being mediocre or less as long as I can afford slacking off on my couch, watching Netflix and masturbate.
Ambition is for those who can't find satisfaction in just being themselves.

This is a good one for a mental health playlist.

Yeah, I take pride in my homemade psychedelic musical imperfections without the need of anyone even listening to them or playing live to justify myself as a "musician". As long as I get to record, play the new WoW expansion and drink Kombucha, I'm happy

He forgot to mention prodigies. Those gifted children that make everybody else look like they're standing still. Any suggestions for dealing with that scenario?

This idea that other people have the same hangups, difficulties and self-doubts that I do really doesn't jive well with my internal narrative.

Back in Design Studio (Arch), my prolific friend described the differences in our approaches to me so well.

The project was a target out in the wilderness, and at the start, he'd shut his eyes and start shooting wildly at the location of the target, only to open his eyes and see that it had been moving the whole time.

I, however as he saw me, would look for the mechanisms that kept the thing in motion, take one shot and disarm it completely, as I lined up my crosshairs...only to be met by the sound of the buzzer. Time.

It was time to change...he had 3-5 "false" solutions, whereas I had the thing (supposedly) solved, but not fully complete most of the time...stuck in my head, where it did no good. I had lost out on so much experience with the potential for developing wisdom. I had to learn to stop seeking Truth, whatever that may be, and run with truth as what was at hand, if that makes sense.

My worst failures were me "sweating the small stuff " and my best successes were achieved "like a boss".

Your friend is genius.

Here's an example of a project we'd have 2-weeks to finish:

A Space for 2 people to live out their life-cycle together.
Site: Desert (Southwest US)
Requirements:
- mass-based passive heating/cooling w/ profound southern views
- brise-soleil with morning privacy
- compost privy as hearth of house


about 3 years of projects like this, fast-fast-fast, with our Senior Thesis being a year-long self-initiated/directed exercise. Fluidity and broad gestures were rewarded...but not as we were discover in the "real world".

*learn

Adding video to channels (Learn) - requested by Zawash.