You better accept that what doesn't work doesn't work. Recognize cul de sacs.

[CreamCat]

In the back of your head, you subconsciously know it is not going to work well. You know it's a fool's errand.

Yet, you whisper yourself that if it works just once, it will work forever after that.

That's self deception.

In the long run, what can fail to work fails to work. There are ways to amortize risk, but most people don't have enough money and time to amortize risk.

Sometimes, a thing just doesn't work. If you think you will find the cure for aging by just becoming a biologist, you are fooling yourself. Maybe, someone else will find the cure, or you may not see the cure in your lifetime. Don't lie to yourself.

Don't tell yourself that you are going to become a world-class pianist by practicing piano for 6 months.

Don't tell yourself that your social cause is going to work or make the world better just because you put effort into it.

The nature of human projects is that 90% of all human projects fail or are discarded.

It's time to make peace with the fact that most of your personal pet projects are going to fall flat.

Eating potato chips and chilling down would be a better way to spend time than obsessing over cul de sacs.

Enjoy your incredibly finite time on earth.

Edited April 7, 2019 by CreamCat