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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not one mistake, but a long series of only ever doing “enough” to get by. By all accounts I’m decently successful - own a house, make six figures, college degree, relative financial stability. In reality I do just enough to coast in every aspect of life.

Most people who meet me think I am very smart - and I am, but I never ever put it to use. I spend a lot of time thinking and scheming about how to do the bare minimum (because, lazy) and still look like the brilliant one in any situation. I have a government job in which I work maybe 2 hours a day and run circles around my coworkers.

Bottom line: if I actually tried, who knows where I would be.[/quote]
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Oh my gosh, I was just thinking about this same thing today. I really wrestle with these dual desires: 1. to be GREAT at something and recognized for that greatness; and 2. to take it easy and have a pleasant, easy time. I guess I feel like overall, if I can settle into pleasantness that's probably more sustainable for someone like me, who really does like a relaxed pace of things. But man, I do have my (many, many) moments of wishing I could conjure some hustle. And like you, I've got many of the markers of success - what looks like a good job; great degrees; couple of books published. But I feel like a total slacker who's never really tried for anything - except tried to have a nice, easy time of things.

Anyway, just to say - there really is a lot of good TV on right now and it would be a shame not to have the time to watch it.

I've got plenty of mistakes. Going to law school was probably a mistake though to this day I'm still not sure where I'd be now without it (a year away from finishing paying my loans, I think, 20 years out; only practiced a short while but that led to the other things I've gotten to do). Staying in two doomed relationships way way way too long. But I had my moments of enjoying those and I know why I stayed.

The one I can point to with absolute certainty is not starting to save for retirement when I was in my 20s. I could kick myself for the dumb things I frittered away my money on - mostly travel; so much travel - boy did I love it but boy was it stupid to spend so much - instead of just putting away a little bit every month for the future.
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