I have crafted the perfect phrase and I'm now going to evaporate.

I'm Antelope Duckworth.

I'm Mike Mon.

And you're listening to No Scoop-A-Questions.

Today on the show, what's wrong with being average?

Okay, maybe if I read this book, I'll be better at like not having these ridiculous expectations,

but so far hasn't worked.

Okay, Angela, today we have an email from Ambika Nudkerny.

And she said, I don't have as much go-getter instinct as I'd like, but I think I'm trying

my best without burning out.

Is that ever enough?

Is there value in living an average life or even a mediocre life?

Oh my god, I love this question.

So many thoughts.

So Angela, let me ask you, the foremost expert on grit, is it okay to settle for being average?

You know, I have been thinking about this question recently, just like personally, and I have

not come to the conclusion that I would like to live as Ambika puts it an average life

or even a mediocre life, but I have been thinking about expectations.

I've been realizing how high my expectations are.

Like I think they're absurd for everything, actually, or for a lot of things.

So before I go on, I mean, because I have so many things in my head and in my heart,

like, I don't know, what do you think?

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