I felt much warmth reading your intro. I remember how magical LessWrong was for me when I first discovered it. (Now, almost a decade in, I have a different feeling towards it, but I remain deeply proud to participate in this community.)
All of which is to say that I feel vicarious excitement for the experiences you have ahead of you. I look forward to meeting you in person one day. : )
(The only troublesome side effect: school has become much less tolerable as a whole. I’m truly trying to get through it with top grades, but now that I see how much time I waste there, it’s much harder to try and be interesting in the actual material...)
I looked into the half-assing-thing, and found that it might actually be somewhat helpful for me (in the sense that I’ll stop putting so much effort in the subjects that aren’t as relevant/rewarding when it’s not necessary). This is something I’ve struggled with for quite a while, so thank you for the resources as well, I appreciate the effort :)
Hello and welcome!
I felt much warmth reading your intro. I remember how magical LessWrong was for me when I first discovered it. (Now, almost a decade in, I have a different feeling towards it, but I remain deeply proud to participate in this community.)
All of which is to say that I feel vicarious excitement for the experiences you have ahead of you. I look forward to meeting you in person one day. : )
I think this would not have helped me very much, so YMMV, but one frame you might want to consider is that of half-assing [school] with everything you’ve got.
Thanks a lot for kind words!
I looked into the half-assing-thing, and found that it might actually be somewhat helpful for me (in the sense that I’ll stop putting so much effort in the subjects that aren’t as relevant/rewarding when it’s not necessary). This is something I’ve struggled with for quite a while, so thank you for the resources as well, I appreciate the effort :)
I’m interested what are you feelings from lesswrong now?