Tuesday, June 9, 2009
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it's not right, but it's how a lot of us measure self-worth. lacking a better method, which hopefully the same lot of us grow into, it's not easy to simply abandon.
ReplyDeletei took what parental pressure existed (which was surprisingly small for chinese parents) and internalized it, exacerbating it in the process until i didn't feel like i was doing enough if i wasn't doing it all. and it's definitely hard to abandon. if i do more, no one can say i'm not doing enough (that's at least what i've told myself).
ReplyDeletebesides, if i didn't do it all, i don't know what i would do instead...
all i can really say is you're not alone.
i took what parental pressure existed (which was surprisingly small for chinese parents) and internalized it, exacerbating it in the process until i didn't feel like i was doing enough if i wasn't doing it all. and it's definitely hard to abandon. if i do more, no one can say i'm not doing enough (that's at least what i've told myself).
ReplyDeletebesides, if i didn't do it all, i don't know what i would do instead...
all i can really say is you're not alone.