Chey’s Lounge

The Merriam-Webster defines it as “a place, employment, status, or activity for which a person or thing is best fitted.” Well, that’s at least one of ‘em. I think the only niche I’ve found is an activity or two. I’m very good at geography games and flag matching quizzes. I’m not the best in the world though.  Why does this matter? Well, I keep thinking about a recent post on X by their employee Nikita Bier. In it, he says “…think about one subject matter that you know more about than anyone else in the world. It can be anything…” Something about that is just really not motivating! Like I’m literally not the best or most knowledgeable in anything! And the few things I do excel at are literally so stupid, so useless, so inconsequential… So basically I don’t know how I feel about it all. I am good at some stuff, but not good enough to really help other people efficiently. I don’t know if anyone else feels this way, but I would like to provide some value to the world, not just be a drain on resources. It just feels really hard to figure out how to do it. Maybe it’s hard because value is primarily measured monetarily. I’m already starting to feel like I can’t properly articulate my thoughts, rats!

I just feel like everyone knows most stuff has gotten worse recently, but there really doesn’t seem to be a very obvious solution our overlords will allow. Class-conflict is definitely a topic for another day, but it totally applies here. More profit more profit oo aa. Like I get it, but it’s exhausting and I wish innovation didn’t involve thinking about what to do to remain profitable. I know everything is complicated. I know rich people are disappointed by the lower class’ work ethic, competency, commitment, etc., but I really feel like you get what you pay for and you can pay for better. Like let’s be so real, they wouldn’t show up so consistently for what you’re offering, so why do you expect others to? Because you’re better than them? Maybe you are, but that means you need to pay more for better. But everything is about cutting costs maximizing profits. 

Like I guess one of my problems in the grand scheme of life is it feels one’s niche must be profitable to be a worthwhile pursuit. Maximize monetization, everywhere. Not to go off topic, but I think I want to talk about the prevalence of the subscription model in ways and places it never should have touched!! There are a few good things though. I don’t think Patreon is a bad thing overall. It is one of those things that enables people to monetize and therefore dedicate time necessary to hone in on their craft. I definitely am not interested in say, a subscription to unlock the full potential of my electric vehicle. 

Anyways, back more towards the topic at hand. I feel like most people don’t know what they’re good at exactly. I’m not sure what percentage of people feel they were called to their career/whatever they ended up doing in life. Would love to know. The problem is, I don’t think we can have a society where people can just do what they feel called to and maintain the functionality of all vital institutions. So, who gets to do what they’re called to do? What do we do to help people find a place? How do we deal with people who don’t want a place? What do we do about those who make it actively worse/impossible for others around them, or globally, at a certain level, for others to find theirs? Can one blame anyone other than themselves and if so, to what extent? And I hate to say it as a Yankees fan, but I love the Orieles in all orange :/. Was thinking of making defunct sports franchise knowledge my niche, but I don’t think it’s gonna work. Anyways, anyone out here good at anything?