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Ann Wark's avatar

Agree success means totally different things to different people. Where I live there are plenty of iron men and women and lots of lyrica and you don’t think anything of it. Success to me is living a good life and not hurting anyone. Enjoyed your essay.

Shasan's avatar

another great read! imo true fulfillment comes from feeling successful by your own definition of success. Internal validation >>> any external pat on the back/medals

Cornfuturee's avatar

Already achieved a sub 30m 5k, I am going to do a sub 20m 5k now because of you Jord

Ben Vos's avatar

Weather the game is bound (ironman) or unbound (trading) it's based on an assumption that you are improving the self, forever focused on becoming something else.

"Where there is not a specific time or race that needs completing, it’s turning up each and every day until you die to ensure a future version of you is better than the present." -> this is such a trap imo, you are improving your skills and purchasing power but what you are is same thing as in the beginning

it connects to the concept that self worth is a category error, self doesnt have a worth or a standard to compare against. its something like asking how to make the walls of your house taste better

question becomes: what game do you play once you see self is as good as it ever was/will be