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There's one part of my brain that still thinks I'm at that years old level of passion and inspiration and obsessive dedication and skill and I've to keep telling it to slow down and dream small. Smaller. Smaller. 
(I used to be able to write and read and draw and remember and basically do everything much better at one point years ago. 
Now I'm getting back into it all, but through ridiculously amusing babiest of steps. 
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Now I'm getting back into it all, but through ridiculously amusing babiest of steps. )
Something I'm super thankful for is how interested I continue to be in how things happen. Like in this years-long re-locating (of myself) of sorts, I've been fascinated with what works and what doesn't and how to frame this in relation to my life in general and such.
Just sharing some thoughts that might be interesting to others going through something similar.
I've found that skill and talent and aptitude are terrible scales to measure yourself with. Friendships and relationships are not a talent contest. And there are many other things that
I've found that skill and talent and aptitude are terrible scales to measure yourself with. Friendships and relationships are not a talent contest. And there are many other things that
matter in the professional sphere. Recruiters know this (I've been one myself). Not that there isn't a value tag attached to skill and talent and aptitude, but it's worth exploring the possible of framing your life around other things.
When you find yourself back by a few
When you find yourself back by a few
steps (months, years, decades) to a level at which you were before and grew out of, it's not very useful to yearn for where you were. It's excellent though to work from where you are now. By which I mean that the reference point for the work you produce now should not be the
work you used to produce at your "best", but the work you produced say a few days ago. You've to reframe what progress means. Also, helps if the focus is not climbing back up the stairs you fell down. It's learning how to climb.
Holding on to the glorified memory of the person you used to be is counterproductive. Getting to know the person you are is a most excellent thing, and I recommend it 100%. 
