I was an overachiever as a child and now I’m just an anonymous cog in a wheel. I make zero difference in the world.

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You were, most likely, as much of an over achiever as you are now. It's just that you're now grouped with all the other overachievers.

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That's what happens when you leave small town and move to a specific sector OP. Try to widen your point of view.

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You were an overachiever in a town of 500 in north Dakota. Now you are in the ocean 🌊 with bunch of sharks 🦈

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So change that. Start today or tomorrow. You can make a difference to someone.

I mean. What type of work do you do?

I felt that way working in consulting, a soul sucking job

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