If you try the best you can, the best you can is good enough.

[inharmsway2]

I really wish I had just woken up. At least then I'd have an excuse for not being dressed.

I was once told in Social Psychology that people who are depressed tend to have a more realistic view of themselves. Maybe that's not necessarily true for the way they see other people. But, I guess it could be.

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[chgu]

Not depressed. Just a realist. And I'd have to agree.

I personally think that if your sense of self is more 'realistic', meaning that you don't make grand assumptions about what you can do(or think you're the best thing since sliced bread), you're probably basing that on your own shortcomings. With that said, your view of others will probably be less realistic, in part because you only see the outside. For example, you may look at someone who's become rich higher than yourself because you're inadvertently turning that back on yourself as another shortcoming. It's like saying, "See, that person is so much better than me. Look at what they did. I can't do that."

So uhh...yeah, I could see that. I'll stop my rant for the day.

[inharmsway2]

Yeah, I can see what you mean, it does have to do with what you know you're capable of. The test in that class I mentioned actually had to do with where you rank with the rest of the population in certain personality qualities. That is, on a scale of one to five, three being average, where you'd rank yourself in qualities like leadership and generosity and things. The test tends to reveal that more often than not people will rank themselves well above what average would be based on the test, which would mean that everyone is "above average," which by definition can't be true.

I ranked myself a few points below average. When she told us what it means to rank yourself realistically that way, I thought it was weird. But it makes sense.