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A “Nerd” is someone who homes in on a topic to an almost quantum detail, much of the time at the expense of healthy social interaction.
Nerds obsess. We zealously deconstruct. We have a very active internal monologue (which may feel more like a dialogue sometimes). I think that so many of the things we undertake are a partial attempt to distract this monologue. We are hyper-self-aware. We have difficulty “chilling out.”
I began to more fully embrace the trying of new skills when I asked myself, “Would I rather protect my ego or do stuff in life?”
We tend to live in a constant pursuit of happiness, as defined by exterior goods or circumstances. I think pursuing happiness is the wrong approach. That idea puts it into the future, and therefore in the wrong tense. You just need to BE happy—in the present—with who you are and what you have.
