That's not the attitude you're supposed to have these days
Exactly. There is the implication you're somehow defective if you don't care about getting richer or finding some claim to fame. Sometimes I feel like people pity me because I'm not an over-achiever. Or maybe it's all in my head, because my mother IS an over-achiever, and she always looked at me with some sort of uncomprehending exasperation. And I wasted way too much time and energy trying to understand why it was wrong to be me, or what I could possibly do to be more like her. I am SO done now. I do not WANT to be like her - unable to ever slow down or relax. It must be dreadfully exhausting...;P
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Exactly. There is the implication you're somehow defective if you don't care about getting richer or finding some claim to fame. Sometimes I feel like people pity me because I'm not an over-achiever. Or maybe it's all in my head, because my mother IS an over-achiever, and she always looked at me with some sort of uncomprehending exasperation. And I wasted way too much time and energy trying to understand why it was wrong to be me, or what I could possibly do to be more like her. I am SO done now. I do not WANT to be like her - unable to ever slow down or relax. It must be dreadfully exhausting...;P