We all try to avoid unpopularity because it’s terrible. And so we have this big, consequential, choice: do we try to become popular by being aggressive or will be choose some other way?
All tagged Choice
Every generation has to take it’s turn and lead. For millennials, our time is nearly here. How will our grandchildren remember us?
I have such inner turmoil about feeling like I’m lagging behind my peers, in terms of career development. It’s totally irrational and stupid (and I know it), but I still feel it. I always thought it was just it was social comparison and some inevitability of human psychology.
But now, I’m wondering whether it’s just a response to the kind of covert bullying we adults torture each other with. If career angst is a response to the stimulus of feeling bullied, that’s actually a good thing. Because we can choose to respond differently.
As artists, we’re choosing to be out on a limb. That’s what our art requires.
How I respond to feeling used up is a choice. It’s a choice. It’s a choice.