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I kind of agree. I was raised with high academic and professional standards/expectations but absolutely none of the tools to achieve them. I coasted on "natural ability" until that ran out, then hit a wall very early in life. Not knowing how to get back on track led to a lot of misery and heartache until I simply decided not to care anymore.

I now embrace low standards that I easily and regularly crush, which has resulted in me being happy and living a fairly stable life. I don't think I would have been able to achieve that without lowering my standards; if I'm being frank, I probably would've killed myself had I not done that.

On the other hand, I do have a few relatively high standards about how I conduct myself, especially with regards to how I impact others and the world around me. I'm not trying to be a beacon of positivity and change the world or anything like that but there are a lot of things I'm no longer comfortable doing and I'd be very disappointed in myself if I did. I like to have a clear conscience when my head hits the pillow and meeting these standards makes that possible.


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