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[djangotcb]

o0 "No honestly, I am dumb. Most of the time I'm playing smart."

Does anyone else ever have days where they feel like they're playing a character vastly more capable than the person who does the dishes or laundry at home? How does that even work?

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[lovelymissjess]

Honestly, some days, I'm surprised I can tie my shoes, much less drive a car or hold a job. On those days, I feel like Sisyphus, constantly making up for the dolt I'm hiding that I am. You, my dear, are not alone. How it works, I suspect, is that we're actually the converse, but we've tricked ourselves otherwise. But, hey, suffer any which way you like.

Howdy, there, stranger. Wondered when you'd come wandering back.

[djangotcb]

I like to think that I'm the converse of my perception. Then I realize that it's not impossible, and in fact not unlikely, that we are just ALL moving about in a state of ineffectiveness that goes completely unnoticed by everyone around us. We perceive this competence in others and are convinced that we are the only ones in our situation.
So let me be the first to say it: "I am completely incompetent!"

This is my new creed. It's fairly liberating. It isn't that I'm giving up, or that I don't get things right once in a while. When I do, I should be allowed to recognize that it's analogous to a blind man with no practice, hitting an archery target ... that he never knew was there.
I should be able to enjoy and appreciate the experience of it.