>Until fairly recently, I was definitely not happy with who I had become. I constantly measured my self-worth against other people, against accomplishments that I racked up, against people who were the same age as me and at what time they hit certain benchmarks or milestones. In a way, I was unhappy because I was striving for something that was already in front of me, a sense of meaning and purpose. That meaning and purpose was essentially the truly belonging and supporting a community that was tied to an ideology that was bigger than ourselves, no matter how small that community might seem to the outside world.
>Until fairly recently, I was definitely not happy with who I had become. I constantly measured my self-worth against other people, against accomplishments that I racked up, against people who were the same age as me and at what time they hit certain benchmarks or milestones. In a way, I was unhappy because I was striving for something that was already in front of me, a sense of meaning and purpose. That meaning and purpose was essentially the truly belonging and supporting a community that was tied to an ideology that was bigger than ourselves, no matter how small that community might seem to the outside world.
yes, niche fame is definitely underrated