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Everyone around me is doing all sorts of amazing things that I want to be doing, but when I try, I always fail for some reason or another. I want to get into gamedev. I've made a few games, but nothing amazing, and I've never made any money off them. I know a few people who are doing it, too, and they practically became famous overnight. I also want to try acting, but I've been rejected for almost every role I've auditioned for. Some of my friends, however, are not only acting, but even winning awards for it.
I also have a math test tomorrow that I'm probably going to fail; I should be studying right now but I can't even focus because I keep thinking about how I'm just going to fail no matter what, just like with everything else that I try to do.
I honestly don't even know what I'm asking here, I just need some advice on how to stay focused and not be afraid of other people's successes.
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>>18418950
Just keep trying. I know that sounds cliche but it makes a difference. If you ask me, your failures aren't REAL failures until you decide to give up. Sometimes failures are just mistakes, like bumps in the road. Learn from them and change how you act based on them.
Don't think of life as a race. Some people are always going to be ahead of you. Some people are behind you too. Just go at your own pace.
Giving up is what failure really is.
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>>18418950
>Everyone around me is doing all sorts of amazing things
No.
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>>18418950
every famous over night story has a prequel that spans years and years of failures like your own.
in the end do things because you love them, and even if you dont succeed you'll certainly enjoy it.
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Be sure they had their own failures on their ways too. Nothing comes freely to anyone when it comes to skills.
However I totally know where you are coming from, because I have the absolute same feeling right now. Just today people who said they'd call me to schedule a job interview didn't, and didn't pick up when I tried reaching them, the internet in my computer died in my office (ok on the mobile, only my pc for a dns error out of fucking nowhere), and the internet in my house is down. Yes, both at the same day, from different ISP.
So I feel you bro. Totally feel you.
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>>18418950
It feels like everyone has it easier than you because you can't personally feel and experience the weight of their problems.
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>>18419259
I'm going to sound like a shitposting "woe-is-me" loser here, but I really don't believe that I'll eventually succeed if I continue to try. If I've failed 100 times, the odds that I'll succeed on the 101st try are practically 0.
>>18419267
Maybe not by your standards, but they're definitely things that I think are amazing.
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