"I’m a ocean of failure... so I swim"

Do you know that game, abysmall failure at life and everything or hungry? It's a fun game, I play it often.

How do you deal with the constant feeling of failure?
— Swizec Teller (@Swizec) November 20, 2019

To be honest, I don't know where it comes from. Maybe it's like being hangry – you lack energy so your emotions run wild. Whatever they are.

For me it likes to sneak up when I look at past achievements that I was so proud to achieve and think "You could've done better and you know it. I could've, but I didn't. I am where I am.

Note to self: Do not look at metrics when you're hungry. Keep forgetting that one 😅

More importantly, folks on twitter shared so many wonderful tips to shake that feeling of failure we all feel sometimes that I wanted to share my favs with you. You should read the whole thread, too

I’m a ocean of failure... so I swim
— Luiz (@LuizAdolphs) November 20, 2019

Remind yourself how far you’ve come, intentionally focus on the positive things you are going, tune out the negative and hateful people in your life & on social media
— nader dabit (@dabit3) November 20, 2019

Take a nap, eat some veggies, and work up a good sweat. ( maybe not in that order )

The feeling may be chemical -- so changing my chemistry is something I try first.
— Brian Ball (@brianball) November 20, 2019

Leave SF
— @levelsio (@levelsio) November 20, 2019

dump the values, structures and people around you who make you feel like that and try something else.

Often that kind of feeling is engineered into an environment for specific reasons - often by those doing it just mindlessly applying techniques they did not invent nor question
— serapath【ツ】☮(📍🇨🇦) BIP110 nomad🍐⇄🍐ecogame dev (@serapath) November 21, 2019

Make an achievements list. Look at it every morning. I don't do this often enough, but it really does help 👍
— Ash Connolly 👋 (@AshConnolly_) November 20, 2019

You don't want to hear this but accept yourself regardless of your achievements. Achievements are like the icing on the cake. But you have to like the cake as well.
— Pete (@petecodes) November 20, 2019

Remind yourself of your little wins here and there
— Jamstack Jay (@ljayham) November 20, 2019

https://twitter.com/sachinpc/status/1197252395933126656

https://twitter.com/superpatell/status/1197300535805784065

I tell myself that I'll probably forget most of my failures (interviews that went bad, projects that didn't go as plan, etc...) with time
— Maxime (@MaximeHeckel) November 20, 2019

Set S.M.A.R.T. goals https://t.co/BB63A0Nzcq. You need to define really well what a "win" is. If your goals are fuzzy you'll never win.
— Rafael Mendiola (@GroundControl) November 20, 2019

In a nutshell:

accept yourself
remove toxic influence
mind the wins

And remember, I love and accept you for who you are ❤️

Happy Thursday,
~Swizec

PS: removing toxic influence only goes so far 😅