im just rambling atp, dont mind this one.

i like life, i really do, but it's when i have to do something with it.

like, win some contest, get straight A's, have lots of friends or accomplish a big feat.

everyone else i know is winning life while im still struggling, even people who used to be struggling are even getting better.

im still stuck here.

i don't hate having anything to accomplish, but its when i start being compared to others.

so what if you won a picture book contest without even having to draw so much, while i drew a page every single day in hopes that my hard work would pay off.

so what if you're quiet and shy yet everyone still loves being around you, while i struggle to get a word out of my mouth.

this whole rambling ain't even staying on topic.

i hate this.

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Busybee333 · 31-35, F

Discipline is better than talent; here's why:
Talent is taken as granted and puts people off-guard - that is your chance to shine.

Example:
One of my classmates in high school was an ace in math.
The whole class envied how he was always the best, solving everything with such ease, as if he wrote the book. I, on he other hand, was the art and languages type and math was difficult for me because I got confused in longer textual problems. Throughout the year, he passed exams without studying, I passed exams doing triple the work + extra exercises.

In the next school year, my math-ace classmate was downgraded to a lower level of math whereas I was unknowingly pushed from my teachers to the higher level.

What happened?

He did not give attention to finals and did not apply his discipline to prepare (even if he is master at it).

That is why, discipline and motivation is the next best thing to innate talent.

Of course, when talent meets discipline, magic happens and that is unbeatable.
However, that is rare - thus, if you want to be master at something, keep going forward, and continue building upon it every day. Maybe not today, but eventually, you will see improvement and you might just find yourself at the same level, if not higher than the talented artist who succeeded.

If he did, you can, too.
Find your way.

:)