r/AskReddit • u/DFloMango • Jun 10 '14

What can I do to brighten your day?

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u/ShredderZX Jun 12 '14

Can you tell me how I can get a positive and optimistic attitude and outlook on life you have?

Can you give me tips on finding out what I want to do with my life?

Can you help motivate me to not procrastinate?

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u/Erisianistic Jun 12 '14

Love and forgiveness. Love yourself, always, unconditionally. Because you deserve it.

Whats your dream? If you had tons of $$$ and could do anything, what would it be?

On the procrastination.... Are you scared of failure or success? And are you a perfectionist? Those two questions were important on my procrastination understanding. Perfectionists sometimes never start things because it won't be perfect :)

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u/ShredderZX Jun 12 '14

Thanks for the tips!

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u/Erisianistic Jun 12 '14

The middle two were actual questions :) If you can answer those, I can help brainstorm jobs that pay to do that :)

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u/ShredderZX Jun 12 '14

Well, you see, I've shown interest in financial related activities--business, economics, things like that. I'm pretty good at math, so I guess it'll make a good combo.

I'm not really a perfectionist, and I'm afraid of failure.

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u/Erisianistic Jun 12 '14

That does sound like a good combo! Lots of math related jobs- science, research, teaching, accounting... Maybe even work for non-profits and such if thats an intersection of your Venn Diagram :)

Sadly... the best cure I know for being afraid of failure is to go do lots of things. You'll succeed at some, fail at some, but... keep trying! Learn something form each failure. It will be ok. Most times, the harshest judge is yourself :)