[alexashka]

This can be summarized with the serenity prayer:

Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,

Courage to change the things I can,

And wisdom to know the difference.

The author is a curious case of 'got the right idea, haven't internalized it fully'.

She seems to be coming from a place of trying to convince herself that she doesn't need to try so hard, etc.

Maybe it's frustration with the world she finds herself in, where everyone has a 'bunsen burner up their ass' as a buddy of mine put it :)

Good article overall though, I'm glad to see this on HN :)