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by fizzyfizz 1688 days ago
I like this. I do have large ambitions, swelling even as my daily achievements dwindle.

There could be a sort of vicious circle there. If you respond to short-term failure by putting more pressure on yourself to be outstanding, you end up being the sort of person who lives inside a dream of changing the world that they can never realize.