@Silver Surfer I'd say "your all" would mean the maximum effort possible within reasonable constraints of the human mental and physical well-being. So instead of absolute maximum locking in, the question is more "are you giving it all you can without srsly fucking urself up". The simple answer is that almost all people aren't.

LARP.

I don't disagree, "obsession" with your craft is more likely to provide you with "success", but the truth of the statement hinges on one's exact definition for "obsession" and similarly "success", so I'm really just speaking generally. I personally think if obsession comes at the expense of your own well-being, given that "success" is an incredibly unlikely phenomenon (i.e professional athlete), then not only is it not the best way to achieve success but its downright shitty strategy. I don't think that level of obsession should really go into anything unless you srsly belive you got a reasonably good shot at it. I guess it just varies, person to person, craft to craft, goal to goal. My opinion is even "obsession" should have its limits. Everything needs a limit rlly. Where you draw the line is what separates you from the next man and also what dictates if you succeed with wellness or succeed with misery, or if you even succeed at all. It's all just a game of cards/dice/whatever you wanna call it, weighing up Pros and Cons and outcomes with unknown probabilities. Shit, it might be the best way, but fuck knows who will put themselves through the extent of obsession required to achieve certain extents of success.

I talk to myself ALL the time, everywhere, out loud. I think out loud too. It helps with articulating thoughts and ideas plus developing them.

@Unnar Bùi I guess but like thats like rlly vague, everyone has an idea more or less of what exactly they mean by "leave something behind".

@Loop End I'd defo want to be remembered but yh I don't think its a big deal if not I just want to have benefited the world in some way. But I never heard of this angle before tbh, I fw it.