Confidencemaxxing: how I got over status anxiety
August 30, 2023•120 words
- rational “copes” (literally just good arguments)
- everyone is different; different backgrounds are so different it’s kind of impossible to really compare people to other people holistically
- very important: this is impossible if you attach your self-worth to being good relative to others
- I attach my self-worth to… being happy basically — pursuing things that I’m interested in
- other people are better at it than me, but then it’s exciting rather than making me sad
- I attach my self-worth to… being happy basically — pursuing things that I’m interested in
- you will feel better and learn more if you don’t experience it
- ability to become unhinged (I.e. project confidence [hyperbolically] to the point where it is both convincing and funny)
- defeats status anxiety in others
- more fun