Preparedness
Monday, July 24th, 2006I hate being unprepared. Let me rephrase that: I hate looking like I don’t know what I’m doing. I suppose it is the result of being an insecure, know-it-all kid at school. Appearing to have everything under control was just my way of overcompensating. In addition, I think it is just one of the sucky parts of growing up. We get so used to being capable at things that we don’t like to try stuff that might make us look like idiots. This leads to reluctance to try new things, at least in my case. None of us truly know it all but many people spend way too much time trying to act like they do.
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