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[quote=Anonymous]I am a grown up adult now, and when I look back on myself I see someone that had a great deal of curiosity and enthusiasm for many subjects, and who worked hard at many things I found boring or unrewarding because I needed to.

Was I a “striver” for turning in extra credit projects in subjects I hated?  Was I wrong for volunteering at a hospital, which I have never done again since getting into college?

Am I still a striver today for working hard on projects that don’t fulfill my intellectual curiosity, as I do on the ones that do?

I have been very successful in a challenging and prestigious career.  I enjoy going to work each day and consider myself extraordinarily lucky, but also know that a big part of my “luck” was anything but.

I won’t apologize for any of it.  I learned from the subjects I hated, and came to find I have used some of the knowledge I gained in them.

If I only made my best effort on work I found most intellectually stimulating I would not be where I am today, and don’t think I would be happier in that alternative world.

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