Stamets@lemmy.world to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 9 months ago[Mr Lovenstein] The average response. Right?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1853arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up1843arrow-down1image[Mr Lovenstein] The average response. Right?lemmy.worldStamets@lemmy.world to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 9 months agomessage-square20fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareJo Miran@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up40arrow-down1·9 months agoSuccess Me: “Cool” Mistake Me: “Cool” My secret? I am preemptively freaked out about failure at all times. When I succeed, I am relieved. When I fail, it’s as I expected.
minus-squareembed_me@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoI too have this stoic-like outlook. Still, mistakes give me that uneasy brooding feeling that it could’ve been prevented, I just had to think more or be a little less absent-minded.
minus-squareklemptor@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoThis is honestly a big part of why I retired. The constant “I’m gonna fuck something up” anxiety was really overwhelming at times.
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Success Me: “Cool”
Mistake Me: “Cool”
My secret? I am preemptively freaked out about failure at all times. When I succeed, I am relieved. When I fail, it’s as I expected.
I too have this stoic-like outlook. Still, mistakes give me that uneasy brooding feeling that it could’ve been prevented, I just had to think more or be a little less absent-minded.
This is honestly a big part of why I retired. The constant “I’m gonna fuck something up” anxiety was really overwhelming at times.