i am just a lousy sniper

rhetorically, not objectively. not just about crypto, about life

lately i’ve been playing a lot of black widow on marvel rivals (not ranked, i dont throw) and started to realize why i enjoy playing her so much and how the strengths of a “sniper” bleed into my mindset and decision making.

what is a lousy sniper?

Well snipers take shots. Snipers wait for the perfect window to take a shot, but from my experience, that never really exists; truth is, i just place myself in a position where windows open up constantly. And by being lousy, that just means i take a lot of shots and don’t care if i miss. But snipers differ because they have strength in their eyes. So it’s not entirely blind firing. It’s directional in the sense that a string of my potential future experience is tied to the bullets i shoot. i value that string enough and read into it enough to adapt for a better next shot. ie; you miss every shot you don’t take, every opportunity you let slide, and everyone you don’t speak to.

Adaptability, again >.<

I preach adaptability again because imo life is ALL about correcting mistakes; adapting. Some people fire arrows (slow life decisions, usually because of high expectations), some shoot bullets (fast life decisions, careless at time). But multiple applied fast experiences > slow adjusted decisions. And i’ve shot a lot of bullets. Anyone who knows how to reflect on past experience in whatever (health, relationships, business, strategy) will always be valued higher than someone with brainless knowledge imo. experience is the most valuable internal commodity in today’s world of fake resources.

A term I hate —

I hate the term “life path” because imo, life isn’t just one bullet, a missile, or a single arrow. It’s more like the collecting of experiences not items aka shooting multiple shots. There is no “path”. By following a “path” or a “similar road” someone else has taken, you’re giving up a potential new life experience. Essentially borrowing someone else’s decisions/conviction instead of making your own. Eventually becoming dull like everyone else who does the same shit. In this sense, I view life like water because experiences are liquid puddles of reflections from the past, not paths that can’t stop moving forward:

moving forward = neglecting past mistakes, ending up making same mistakes. don’t “never look back”

whereas;

water puddles = how can I be in better position, if I can’t identify how bad my current position is. from here, i rewire “want” to “need” in my brain.

One mindset learns, while the other rejects

I noticed striving for perfections leads to slow arrow shots ~not good because time is our enemy. perfection is an illusion that strives out of envy. And most of the time in my life, i’m only internally managing my current mental. why so? because the butterfly effect starts entirely from within myself. I think of this as how snipers constantly listen, not exert.

so the only way to ever make it out of the race is to take as many chances (shoot as many lousy shots as you can), then find out how to adapt and apply yourself from the conditions you put yourself in. Maybe we’re all just lousy snipers, peace out ✌️