What is ‘leveling’ and how does it work?
There’s a great Eleanor Roosevelt quote, “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Folding Ideas put it best: “The use of fear tactics, even if only by a minority, creates an environment of fear that all members enjoy the privilege of, whether they engage in them or not.
My dreams about finding a place to create true, meaningful friendships around my fake video game world had come true.
And Kim could sense that I was freaking out. Because I said, looking freaked out, “The idea of doing that freaks me out.
We need the world to hear more opinions, give glimpses into more diverse subcultures.
Moral of the story: Mortify yourself – when you are at your lowest, you feel ironically self-confident!
You can FEEL the wave of emotion online when something is about to go viral, good or bad. A scientist I met once mathematically compared internet behavior to swarm behavior seen in starlings or locusts.
Before you say, “Wow, this chick is on a nerd plane of existence I can’t relate to”
That the utopia I thought the online world created, where people don’t have to be ashamed of what they love and could connect with each other regardless of what they looked like, was really a place where people could steep themselves in their own worldview until they became willfully blind to everyone else’s. I.
Being a leader was nerve-wracking, but with responsibility comes great admiration.
If you eat enough Cheetos you will NOT actually poop an extra large Cheeto.
Never let the truth stop you from getting what you want.
If we don’t know what we have in our paint boxes, how can we know all the possible things we could paint?
The more mistakes, the better the story afterwards. Especially if there’s a happy ending.
Write down every possible solution to a problem you have that is giving you anxiety. Write until your imagination is exhausted. Then write more. Make sure to put the most ridiculous solutions you can think of on the list. When in doubt, add, “Aliens invade the earth and destroy it.” Nothing is so grim you can’t unravel it with a little dork-filled humor.
If we write to the point where we no longer have any solutions that could work, here’s the kicker: Simply accept that there is no solution right now. And that’s okay! We did everything we could! Sometimes accepting that the future is unknown is as big a relief as we can find in the moment.
Confrontation is what I dread the most in life.
Have you ever thrown a party and tried to get EXACTLY three dozen specifically qualified people to attend?
My guild decided to advance to a more complicated part of the game, which moved me from gaming hobbyist to full-time addicted employee of World of Warcraft.