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I relate to this heavily. There's lots of reasons why you might be stuck in this loop, but for me, it's because I'm a perfectionist. If you're like me, you have to accept that you're going to be bad at whatever it is you're wanting to do. You're going to suck, and that's a good thing because you can't be good at something unless you get through being bad at it. If you were given Gifted and Talented status as a child, you were probably deprived of this lesson and will need to learn it now. After you've acquired the cheapest and most basic version of whatever materials are needed, make the next item on your to-do list some version "suck at doing the thing".

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you read me to filth i fear , but i needed to hear it thank u sm
4d ago
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This is very important 👆
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For so long i’ve had a physical repulsion to activities i’m bad at which really hindered my ability to get better and be expose to new things. Which is so lame and ego-driven. Now i’m bracing being a novice and trying to feel lucky about getting a chance to learn something new. Being the worst at something is kinda a nice spot to be in.
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it's okay to be bad at stuff!! don't let some video of an 8 year-old (insert skill here) prodigy make you feel inconsequential. make shitty music. draw like a little kindergartener who can't hold a pencil very well. fail at landing an ollie. it's better to start somewhere and be terrible at first (with room to improve) than never start at all.
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Make things, stop thinking about making things and just make things. Don’t make things that potentially will make a profit. Let yourself fail (which you probably aren't). Don’t even tell anyone you want to start, take the pressure off it. We aren’t all child prodigies. THATS OKAY! and GOOD! Stop thinking, start doing :)
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