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There’s a bit of a meme in some parts that there is value in saying, out loud, “I realize that I am surprised.” For similar reasons, I often subvocalize “I believe I now understand the type of situation the ‘trivial’ advice was preparing me for.”
For bonus points, you’ll realize that you develop new layers to the understanding of the same trivial bit of advice over the years. It stays the same but you discover the nuance, contours, reasons it is easy to discard in the moment, etc.
And then you repeat it to someone and they say “lol that is obvious” and you wonder if you know the advice well enough yet to correct them on how not obvious it is going to be for their next 10 years.
