That's exactly what i was trying to say. I don't have the chance to make an impact on society at large, but i absolutely do make a very significant impact on the individual people in my personal circle, and that's extremely valuable.
Beacon
joined 4 months ago
Old enough to have a significant amount of gray hairs, but not so old that it's all gray
But that's awesome! Having simpler dreams means you can actually achieve them! That's so much better than having dreams of stardom that results in disappointment and wasted life opportunities for 99.99999% of those people.
And also, your dreams sound like very meaningful things that make a great life!
Maybe at your age. At my age almost all of the Something Great bells have rung. Don't get me wrong, there are still plenty of very meaningful things i can accomplish, and many important impacts i can make on individual people's lives, - but for me the possibility of doing something that has a broader impact on society is pretty much gone. But so what, the impact i can have on individual people's lives is still very valuable, and my own subjective experience of life is just as important as anyone else's! So i try to make my own experience of living as good as it can be!
That I never did Something Great™ with my life.
Didn't become a rock star, didn't cure cancer, didn't invent a world changing technology, didn't become a famous artist, etc.
I didn't know specifically what I was aiming to do, but for some reason I assumed that i would do something that made a big impact on the world. I was totally convinced of it. And it's not because my parents constantly told me that or anything. The closest i heard was a lot of "you have so much potential if you'd only apply yourself!" Ugh.
Reminds me ever so slightly of the Genesis game Fatal Labyrinth. It's a terrible video game, but if you're curious...
You can only speak for yourself, there are plenty of people that do regret it
Fyi the word for nieces and nephews is niblings. That way you can just say a single word
Honestly i kinda do like the feeling of having a fever. That pleasant feeling isn't worth being sick, but i do like that feeling
I'm somewhat sure that when your pay for a subscription through the play store that it doesn't send your full credit card information to any 3rd party, it's google itself that does the credit card transaction
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That's one interpretation, but the description i gave includes a much larger range than that