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MAX · Season 1 · Part 4 of 5

What Would Count as Trying?

Parts · 5 in this arc
  1. 1. I Would’ve Been Graduating.
  2. 2. I’m Working on It.
  3. 3. I Didn’t Ask for a Plan.
  4. 4. What Would Count as Trying?
  5. 5. Finished Isn’t Forever.

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MAX — Everybody Else Kept Going, Part 4: What Would Count as Trying? Full transcript follows.
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Panel 1: Max: “I’m scared I left college and still won’t be good at this.”

Panel 2: Maven: “I didn’t know you were carrying all that.”

Panel 3: Max: “I don’t need to decide my whole career tonight.”

Panel 4: Max holds two layouts, “Community Creates” and “Different Together”: “I can finish this project and ask my instructor what needs work.”

Panel 5: Maven: “Want me to check in tomorrow?” Max replies over the phone: “Yeah. Ask what I finished.”

Panel 6: After the call, Max works on Community Creates. She thinks: “Tonight, I can finish the layout.” Her next-steps list has Choose one layout checked; Finish the draft and Ask for feedback remain unchecked.

Closing question: What could you finish that would give you something real to learn from?