> I had a phase where me and my friends all thought of ourselves as writers and artists.
The difference between this and what the article's talking about is that you never wrote, and you never made art. If you had, you could've credibly called yourself those things while you were doing them, even if sporadically and/or badly.
> "We become a runner when we start running a few days a week."
The article makes the point that it's okay to think of yourself as a [title] once you start doing the things
a [title] does. From that POV it's not encouraging delusion, just generosity toward oneself.
The difference between this and what the article's talking about is that you never wrote, and you never made art. If you had, you could've credibly called yourself those things while you were doing them, even if sporadically and/or badly.
> "We become a runner when we start running a few days a week."
The article makes the point that it's okay to think of yourself as a [title] once you start doing the things a [title] does. From that POV it's not encouraging delusion, just generosity toward oneself.