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So, what would you rather be called ...
Oct. 13th, 2007 06:54 pm... lazy or stupid?
I know I would rather be considered lazy than stupid.
I haven't fulfilled my potential, whether little or big. Some of it is because I have to earn a living, and that takes time. Some of it is because I am afraid to try.
And what I see from people who are writing is that they set themselves quotas, for heck's sake, and they write that amount whether good or bad. Well, that's a different way of looking at things. My inherited way of looking at things is: " well, if it is worth doing, it is worth doing right." So, it is better to have not done, than to have done less that 100%. So, I'd rather be thought lazy than stupid. What if I try and that is not good enough? What if my clever thoughts are just so much pedestrian sludge?
And it is true: we save our special contempt for those who try and don't succeed.
I would rather have "fade into the background disregard" than "who the hell does she think she is with this pathetic shit?"
I suppose it is likely that anyone who is not top quality will probably know it, and protect themselves through lack of attempts, don't you think? I do.
This doesn't explain people who are not top rate and don't seem to know it, but hey.
I know I would rather be considered lazy than stupid.
I haven't fulfilled my potential, whether little or big. Some of it is because I have to earn a living, and that takes time. Some of it is because I am afraid to try.
And what I see from people who are writing is that they set themselves quotas, for heck's sake, and they write that amount whether good or bad. Well, that's a different way of looking at things. My inherited way of looking at things is: " well, if it is worth doing, it is worth doing right." So, it is better to have not done, than to have done less that 100%. So, I'd rather be thought lazy than stupid. What if I try and that is not good enough? What if my clever thoughts are just so much pedestrian sludge?
And it is true: we save our special contempt for those who try and don't succeed.
I would rather have "fade into the background disregard" than "who the hell does she think she is with this pathetic shit?"
I suppose it is likely that anyone who is not top quality will probably know it, and protect themselves through lack of attempts, don't you think? I do.
This doesn't explain people who are not top rate and don't seem to know it, but hey.
