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Re:When You Are Depressed, Make Something by imgabe on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @12:05PM (#13366430)
>The problem with trying to create something is once you begin to work hard at it, you realize that you're not very good and others have done it far better than you.

But the only way to get very good and end up being one of those "others" who make the best things is to push past this point and keep making things anyway. Of course you're not the best in the world at something when you first start doing it. Nobody was. How could you be?

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Re:When You Are Depressed, Make Something by jimbokun on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @01:15PM (#13367272)
The problem is, everyone who devoted their entire life at something, worked with insane intensity, and devoted themselves wholly to it, is not the best in the world either, except one.
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Re:When You Are Depressed, Make Something by imgabe on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @03:41PM (#13368770)
Being "the best in the world" is not necessary. By definition, there can only be one "best in the world" at any given endeavor, so most people will probably never reach that level at anything. There's much enjoyment and satisfaction to be had in doing things for their own sake rather than comparing yourself to others.
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