Friends

skiesoffarbanti

Dec. 8, 2019

Your expectations drag you down. Having standards is one thing, but not taking action because of an unfounded fear of not fulfilling your hopes will only keep you stuck in your hole. This usually happens with friends. You think that you should only seek people who match your requirements, but the reality is that there's a friend for every facet of your life. So you're a car enthusiast? Go and find people who are as well. Has chess piqued your interest? Look for other aspiring grand masters. There may be an overlap between your other interests and theirs, but that would just be a side-effect. The key idea is to go out and exploit your inclinations in order to expand your social circle.

Through a bout of loneliness, many desperate but tempting ideas can spring to mind. Nevertheless, they're less grounded in logic and reason than in emotional cravings. It's enticing to act on them, though it's only through a miracle that they'll lead you to a desirable outcome.

Apart from being more mindful of our emotions, it's imperative that we make peace with solitude. However derided it may be, only in those moments can we dig up insights that allow us to better understand ourselves.

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profitendieu

Friends

Your expectations drag you down.

Having standards is one thing, but not taking action because of an unfounded fear of not fulfilling your hopes will only keep you stuck in your hole.

This usually happens with friends.

You think that you should only seek people who match all your requirements, but the reality is that there's a different friend for every facet of your life.

The initial sentence was a bit unclear to me. This corrected on is what I think you were trying to get at.

So you're a car enthusiast?

Go and find people who are as well.

Has chess piqued your interest?

Look for other aspiring grand masters.

Grandmaster is written as one unhyphenated word, not two.

The key idea is to go out and exploit your in~~clination~~terests in order to expand your social circle. ¶
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"Inclinations" kind of works, but it's more oriented towards aspects of one's behavior or character. I think "interests" is more precise in this context.

However derided it may be, it is only in those moments of solitude that we can we dig up insights that allow us to better understand ourselves.

Your original phrasing wasn't wrong per se, but the antecedent to "it" wasn't clear to me, and the phrasing of the second half of the sentence sounded off to me.

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Great job! And I agree with you, that solitude is important, and also that it's more productive to look for someone who shares an interest with oneself, rather than someone who has perfect friendship compatibility with oneself.

skiesoffarbanti

Dec. 9, 2019

Hey, thank you for taking your time to go over the write-up! Indeed, it's something that I still struggle with to this day.

calvinc

Friends

Your expectations drag you down.

Having standards is one thing, but not taking action because of an unfounded fear of not fulfilling your hopes will only keep you stuck in your hole.

This usually happens with friends.

You think that you should only seek people who match your requirements, but the reality is that there's a friend for every facet of your life.

So you're a car enthusiast?

Go and find people who are as well.

Has chess piqued your interest?

Look for other aspiring grand masters.

There may be an overlap between your other interests and theirs, but that would just be a side-effect.

The key idea is to go out and exploit your inclinations in order to expand your social circle.

Through a bout of loneliness, many desperate but tempting ideas can spring to mind.

Nevertheless, they're less grounded in logic and reason than in emotional cravings.

It's enticing to act on them, though it's only through a miracle that they'll lead you to a desirable outcome.

Apart from being more mindful of our emotions, it's imperative that we make peace with solitude.

However derided it may be, only in those moments can we dig up insights that allow us to better understand ourselves.

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Perfect. This is great writing – well done!

skiesoffarbanti

Dec. 9, 2019

That's so kind of you, thank you!

matcolours

Friends

Your expectations drag you down.

Having standards is one thing, but not taking action because of an unfounded fear of not fulfilling your hopes will only keep you stuck in your hole.

This usually happens with friends.

You think that you should only seek people who match your requirements, but the reality is that there's a friend for every facet of your life.

So you're a car enthusiast?

Go and find people who are as well.

Has chess piqued your interest?

Look for other aspiring grand masters.

There may be an overlap between your other interests and theirs, but that would just be a side-effect.

The key idea is to go out and exploit your inclinations in order to expand your social circle.

Through a bout of loneliness, many desperate but tempting ideas can spring to mind.

Nevertheless, they're less grounded in logic and reason than in emotional cravings.

It's enticing to act on them, though it's only through a miracle that they'll lead you to a desirable outcome.

Apart from being more mindful of our emotions, it's imperative that we make peace with solitude.

However derided it may be, only in those moments can we dig up insights that allow us to better understand ourselves.

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Very good writing! :)

skiesoffarbanti

Dec. 8, 2019

Hey there, thank you for taking your time!

schmarles

Dec. 8, 2019

Perfect English! Can't see any changes.

shin1

Dec. 8, 2019

👍

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