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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A few years ago, a NYT best-selling friend introduced me to her agent, who actually liked what he saw, signed me, and sold my book to a well-known publisher. It was a flop, sold 1500 copies, they did not take my second book, and my agent and I are likely to part ways soon. I feel like such a failure. No, scratch that. I am a failure.

State school for undergrad. Online masters degree (though from a not-for-profit university, not a diploma mill). Have a job making $80k as a corporate drone. Trailing spouse, so no real career prospects, and in my late 40’s, my time is over. Even outside of DC (I moved away a few years ago), I am the failure of my friend circle and family.

I know some are ok with this, but I’m not, and now it’s basically too late to make anything of myself. A close family member recently pinned on a star, and it’s made all this surface. How do you accept that you’re not going to be successful or respected? Especially when on paper, you look "decent"?[/quote]

Mediocre is the middle- you are not bad you are not great, just good. The good people are the stabilizers. While we arent creating new life-saving medicines, we also arent committing crimes. I think loving others, taking care of others, finding something you love to do, spreading kindness, enjoying simple things, taking care of animals, etc are seen as simple things that are quite hard to do correctly. To leave this earth without harm is (to me) almost as good as leaving it with something you created. Most people dont get a legacy like a book or a painting or a Presidential library. The former two usually only have a legacy once they are dead. I truly think most people dont know their legacy until they are gone. [/quote]

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