General rule: Hope that you do not blow up prematurely, and before the foundations are set. Slow, steady, and consistent steps – but pour every single bit of your energy into each one.
The higher the pinnacle you're destined to reach, the longer it will take to mature into it. Discipline yourself to never cheat the process, do not be tempted by the shiny objects others parade, often hollow and short lasting.
Every part of your blessing will have a density you worked tirelessly to create. You shall earn your precious weight. And none other, but you, will have developed the strength to hold it.
Years ago Dissident Dalmation noticed this trend on tiktok of people talking about the joys of having "mentors" at work and pointing out it was 100% young women with Xer/boomer men mentors.
@BonesawMD Same thing for hair loss. All these plant oils with extract of dragon cum and you just need 5mg minoxidil split into 2.5mg morning and night doses.
Nothing becomes dense without compression. This is true of rock and it is true of Man. No diamond was ever formed by a rock’s desire to become valuable. Nature decided it. She crushed it until it had no choice. She choked it because she could. She will suffocate every stupid comforting option you thought you had. She has everything; still, she takes more. There is no morality. No justice. Do not disgrace yourself by asking why. She does not care. The rock did not survive because it was strong. That is a lie. It is not true. Whatever was weak within it could not breathe. Too pathetic and gasping to even ask why. It died. Nobody will know how it screamed in its tomb. Nobody will know how desperately it begged for an answer. It complained. But every lament was smothered. We did not hear it –– thus tormented silence appeared to us as dignity. Under pressure, all else is as nothing. It suffocates. It dies. Everything abhorrent and weak within the rock returns to dust. Strength is all that remains. And it shall look like dignity. That is how the diamond acquired its precious weight. This is true of rock, and it is true of Man.
@sadwerkl I understand where you're coming from, truly, but you just have to acknowledge it and gain enough goypower to never have to deal with NPCs ever again. Don't ruminate.
@JuddadiahJohnsn@agave_redux You’ll forever live in your father’s shadow who fought in WW II and become a hero while your generation squandered all the benefits.
As a teenager I had a vague feeling in my gut that grown established men 2-5x my age were threatened by me. Turns out it’s a universal experience because boomers really do carry insane levels of hate/paranoia if you’re not a woman or foreign.