July 8, 2005

• On being average

  
  

  I am:

  
  

  
  
  • Average in height
    
  • Average in weight
    
  • Average in intelligence
    
  • Average looking
    
  • Got average grades in school
    
  • Ranked average at work
    
  • Getting average pay

  
  

  In sum, nothing that would set me miles apart from people or enough to make anyone particularly envious of me

  
  

  Growing up, I never ever thought I end up being average.  I always thought i would be extraordinary and make something out of my life. But then I gradually realized that becoming extraordinary is not something that you can actively manage or control... and that fate often takes its own course.

  
  

  So here I am, a very average, ordinary person. To date at least. And though there are still many many years ahead of me, I am struggling to come to grips that I may every well end up (say 20, 30yrs from now)... average and ordinary.

  
  

  Don't mistake me, I am already much more lucky than lots of people. I don't suffer from disabilities and disfunctionalities, and i've got a lot of good things going for me.  But still... I thought I would be exceptional.  And I'm far from that right now

  
  

  So is being a "plain jane" really that insufferable an outcome?

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