I think I've said this line multiple times which is a testament to how much it's stuck with me, but my old grad advisor said: "never let the desire to be great get in the way of being good enough"
The sentiment behind it is that sometimes you just have to get stuff done, and it doesn't have to be your best work. there's no need to pour yourself into everything, especially if it's not important to you. it just has to WORK so you can move on with your life
I don't know that there's anything that will stick with me forever. Who knows what head injuries or how much cognitive decline the future has in store for me.
One time, when I was a kid (maybe ten-years-old?), my cousin (who was a year younger than me), called me on the phone to tell me about her boyfriend. But on that particular day, she'd also watched the Passion of the Christ with her bible class. So she told me she watched the Passion of the Christ. And I was like, "oh, yeah?" and she was like, "yeah. It's sad what they done to Jesus, huh?"
I think about that like once a month: "It's sad what they done to Jesus, huh?"
I went on a walk on a trail with a friend one morning. He asked why no one was there at the park, and I was like "It's Sunday, and it's sad what they done to Jesus, huh?"
I remember being eight I think and I was changing schools and I was sad because I would not see some people again and my mother just casually says 'so, everybody leaves eventually' and I've never forgotten it, and my thought throughout life was that she's been 100% correct so far, but upon reflection and therapy and shit, maybe it becomes self-fulfilling...but that revelation came way too late for my dumb ass
My teacher told me without details that I will face huge problems if I do not alter my "stance". He never said what he meant. But he was right. I never made it. Whatever that was.
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