He dropped out to become a poet – now he’s won a Fields Medal

Re:He dropped out to become a poet – now he’s won a Fields M... by kkleindev on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @05:20AM (#31986091)

> I felt that when I was writing publicly about my life/thoughts I was focusing too much on my ego.

Why do you want to avoid that?

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Re:He dropped out to become a poet – now he’s won a Fields M... by zuzuleinen on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @06:52AM (#31986662)

I felt I got into this point where everything was revolving around me. It was all about "me, me, me". And at that time, I suspected that most of my problems were generated by putting my opinions/ego on a pedestal.

I still write sometimes when I want to clear things for myself in a notebook nobody will see. I think it can be therapeutic at times.

But I'm in a point in my life where I think I need to get myself out of the way, be humble and enjoy everything else out there.

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Re:He dropped out to become a poet – now he’s won a Fields M... by pqs on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @07:26AM (#31986881)

I'm glad you found this problem. I also had this problem (me, me, me) and realizing this has improved my life and the life of people surrounding me, a lot.

Our ego is not our friend.

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Re:He dropped out to become a poet – now he’s won a Fields M... by noisy_boy on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @06:31AM (#31986497)

To avoid over-feeding the beast known as ego?

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Re:He dropped out to become a poet – now he’s won a Fields M... by Agamus on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @09:11AM (#31987793)

Because ego is the enemy.

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