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    I sometimes feel like a failure. I look back now and notice how much I missed out on stuff or wasn't working hard enough. Like this Beeple guy "could've been me if I only worked hard enough." Or I could've been retired by now if I only invested my money properly. Or I should've traveled more and seen more places.

    • welcomeGuyFawkes
    • “Of all the words of mice and men, the saddest are, "It might have been.”
      ~ Kurt Vonnegut
      ideaist
    • today i learned vonnegut thought mice can talkscarabin
    • to thine own self be true. your life ain't over NBQ. you can do whatever you choose.sarahfailin
    • Good days AND growing days.

      Also Lolz @scarabin.
      ideaist
    • this is visible from your posts. I'm glad that you haven't left and decided to hit a more hones tone. look, i'm old as fuck, spent most of my life making moneysted
    • and helping in the success for others. i didn't made tons of $, or got famous but i was happy. A few years ago i started harvesting these contacts andsted
    • do something in the way i want. It took 2 years to get where we are now. i'm still happy with the way things are, while making plans for the next 5 years.sted
    • This gets me busy as fuck, what doesn't allows to start thinking about what could have been.sted
    • So what I'm trying to say is that the time you waste to fantasize who you could have been is counterproductive to who you might be.sted
    • "Beeple guy" wasn't born with cinema4d integrated. There is a lot of ups and downs until you get there, not to mention the right influence like qbn :)sted
    • Welcome to life.shapesalad
    • youre as big a failure as you think you areStoicLevels
    • https://radioren7.me…mort_
    • betcha beeple looks back on the stuff he missed out on and wonders if it was worth it too.monNom
    • Personally, I tried doing everydays one time for a month. I burnt out after 3 weeks. I can't imagine what a slog 14 years would be.monNom

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