Dave Polaschek on Nostr: npub1qqukv…ttjp4 I used to worry a lot more, but someone told me, in effect, “get ...

npub1qqukvtud3d690getk78r5xvg558rjuwlq36xk0eeddkygqhr8qxsgttjp4 (npub1qqu…tjp4) I used to worry a lot more, but someone told me, in effect, “get over yourself; most people are too busy thinking about themselves to care what you do.” And it turns out to be mostly true. But I also spent a couple decades boozing it up to get past the worries, which may not be the shortest path to the goal.

Another way of thinking about it is, “everyone is the hero of their own story.” Same general idea, that people are too busy watching themselves to worry about others. But it…