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Since then, I've carved out this little niche for myself on the internet as an inventor of useless machines,
從那時起我在互聯網上為自己發掘出了這么一個商機：無用機器發明者，
because as we all know, the easiest way to be at the top of your field is to choose a very small field.
因為大家都知道，成為你所在行業頂尖人物的最簡單方法，就是選擇一個非常小的行業。
So I run a YouTube channel about my machines, and I've done things like cutting hair with drones.
所以我在運營一個關于我的機器的YouTube頻道，我有試過用無人機剪頭發。
To a machine that helps me wake up in the morning, Ow! To this machine that helps me chop vegetables.
我還做過一臺鬧鐘機器，噢！還有這臺幫我切菜的機器。
I'm not an engineer. I did not study engineering in school. But I was a super ambitious student growing up.
我不是個工程師，我沒學過工程學。但我從小就是個特別有遠大志向的學生。
In middle school and high school, I had straight A's, and I graduated at the top of my year.
無論初中還是高中，我一路拿的都是A，而且我畢業那年還是名列前茅的。
On the flip side of that, I struggled with very severe performance anxiety.
但另一面是，我當時有非常嚴重的表現焦慮。
Here's an email I sent to my brother around that time. "You won't understand how difficult it is for me to tell you, to confess this.
這是一封當時我寫給我兄弟的郵件。“你不會明白，光是告訴你這件事，對我來說有多難。
I'm so freaking embarrassed. I don't want people to think that I'm stupid. Now I'm starting to cry too. Damn."
實在是太難堪了。我不希望人們覺得我是個傻子。我現在居然還開始哭了。真討厭。”
And no, I did not accidentally burn our parents' house down.
別誤會，我可沒有不小心把爸媽的房子燒了。
The thing I'm writing about in the email and the thing I'm so upset about is that I got a B on a math test.
信里面那件讓我如此焦慮不安的事，其實是有一次數學測驗我只拿了B。
So something obviously happened between here and here.
所以這兩種情況之間一定發生了什么事情。
