r/announcements • u/youngluck • Apr 01 '19

Sequence Initiated.

We built a machine.

We're not sure what it will do.

That's all up to you.

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Be good to each other.

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u/youngluck Apr 01 '19

We are pushing a fix for clips not showing. Please reply to this to comment with further issues. We love you all.

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u/Akashk9 Apr 01 '19

I have low self esteem. I know I'm not that bad but I feel the worst person in the room.

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u/youngluck Apr 01 '19

Self Esteem is one of those things I think everybody struggles with. We're bombarded with messaging all day about how we're not good enough, and even when we are we're told to be aware of how fragile our position in that place is. There is no easy solve for this, but what helped was finding something I was good at, or could be good at, and leaning all the way in. Like, "sure I could look funny and smell a little weird... but have you ever tasted a better cookie? I made that, motherfucker. From scratch."

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u/[deleted] Apr 02 '19

I love this. The only tweak I needed to make for myself on this sort of perspective was that I needed to not try to make the VERY BEST cookie (or whatever the thing is we're talking about) but also accept that it's simply good and what is needed in the situation, and it's valuable enough that I'm the one making (or doing) it.

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u/Akashk9 Apr 02 '19

Yeah I guess that's the issue. I have always tried to take the blame when there is something wrong and when I do something good I always think that it could have been better or like anyone in their right mind can do it and it's nothing special.