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by xboxnolifes 1649 days ago
> There's nothing wrong in being a "nobody" in the grand scheme of things, your primary motivation in life has probably not been to have the world know your name, if so, you'd likely have pursued a different career. But the feeling is familiar, I think, to most of us.

More on this: you don't need to be "somebody" to everyone. Maybe just try being "somebody" to a smaller group that is important to you.

99.9999999% of people will never know I was in a leadership role for a collegiate rocket league esports org. It's a niche (collegiate), of a niche (esports org), of a niche (rocket league), of a niche (video games) thing, but that doesn't matter. The people I worked with knew me and what the org does is important to the players who participated, even if they didn't know me.