JovialJayou1
JovialJayou1 t1_iz6gqgy wrote
Reply to comment by ackarthur in [Image] Do not compare yourself with anyone in this world. Everyone progresses in their own way by sylsau
> Only in extremely, extremely specific examples it could happen, and those are absolutely an exception rather than the norm.
Thanks for saving me the trouble of proving my point.
JovialJayou1 t1_iz6ap2k wrote
Reply to comment by ackarthur in [Image] Do not compare yourself with anyone in this world. Everyone progresses in their own way by sylsau
Yeah because rock bottom is directly where you go after a set back, it’s never a gradual process. People just go from working 40 hours a week to homeless and injecting fentanyl the next day.
JovialJayou1 t1_iz69ku5 wrote
Reply to comment by ackarthur in [Image] Do not compare yourself with anyone in this world. Everyone progresses in their own way by sylsau
If I’m an all star basketball player and I break my leg during a game, I’m likely going to look like the 3rd frame of progress while I work through my injury to get back to where I was. This is absolutely how progress and life in general works.
JovialJayou1 t1_j2u4cm2 wrote
Reply to comment by Wilddog73 in Look on the dark side | We must keep the flame of pessimism burning: it is a virtue for our deeply troubled times, when crude optimism is a vice by ADefiniteDescription
Agreed. Seems like there’s been nothing but pessimism for a while now. The 24hr news cycle is fueled by pessimism.