Narwhal (narwhal)'s status on Sunday, 17-May-15 23:30:06 UTC
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@tiffany I'm not going to tout myself as being particularly good at something, but I guess in terms of how I feel about being highly praised it's sort of a strange mix of emotions. On one hand it feels really great when you put lots of time and energy into something and you're acknowledged for it, because you get a really strong sense of effort justification. But also dedicating too much of yourself to something can really consume your identity, both in terms of your sense of self and public image. Also whenever someone praises me I feel sort of obligated to continue impressing them but at the same time I know at some point I'm going to make a mistake and there's nothing I can do about it, or that I just have to try even harder to maintain a reputation constructed beyond my own sense of agency.
