Comments on: The potential of a clean slate

By: Cacie

Cacie — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:50:04 +0000

I’m glad you posted this. The inspiring appeal of something awaiting your mark is familiar to so many people, as is the intimidation of making something less than perfect. Ultimately, of course it can never be perfect in the strictest of terms – it wouldn’t be human if it was. Regardless, it’s comforting to read this and know that we havebeen there, and will be back again. The cycle of it is part of the experience.

By: Joel

Joel — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 03:05:37 +0000

I feel like I was initially following the safe path by going to Uni and doing Computer Science and Biology. I knew it’d be in great demand in the future/now so there would always be a job available. The less safe options would have been to go into music or computer game making…

Now I just want to get an opportunity to try and build machine sentience!

By: mundens

mundens — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 02:53:04 +0000

That whole thing about limitless possibilities was exactly the sort of issue I faced when I left college. What, of the many potential things I could do, should I choose to do?

In the end I did the “safe” thing and got a reliable job that I could succeed at easily.

While I don’t regret the overall outcome, I do think if I was given the decision again I would go for the less secure. more challenging options.

By: Joel

Joel — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 02:03:30 +0000

Perfectionism is difficult to manage – but it does drive people to great things.

By: Zeren

Zeren — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 04:59:13 +0000

I’m exactly what you describe in so many things, I don’t know how to get rid of that perfectionism. Plus I also have the feeling of US as Zeppelin, many people I know just run to here, but recently I’ve started to think that there really is no need to.

By: Joel

Joel — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 22:24:33 +0000

Thanks bro! That’s pretty much the tone I was writing in. I’m bored with dwelling on the past and having it hold me back. Relationships have lots of great things about them, but I’ve basically been in one for the last 6 years, and I think that now I’m alone I’ll have a lot more time for personal projects like my music, business, and meeting new people! Or at least this is what I tell myself to feel better about everything

By: skarnz

skarnz — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 18:33:05 +0000

Go Joel!

Sorry, im not sure that’s the appropriate response, given some of the subject matter, but somehow the overall message I got from all that was: ‘I’m about ready to go kick the ass of some random thing’ (in a ‘achieving currently undesignated goal’ way, as opposed to a ‘random violence’ way. Lets hope those two remain unrelated).

But yeah, Go Joel!

also, I know exactly what you mean about that stationary thing. The whole exercise of buying stationary was kinda fun for me as well, although I dont think i ever really seriously entertained the idea of taking school that seriously (silly me).

Allergy to shellfish! icky.

But then again, a lot of that stuff tastes a bit weird and fishy (how ironic).