Julesgambit
@julesgambit • 19,331 subscribers
Top 100 US Women’s Chess Player, Creator, Steam locomotive enthusiast
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I wasn’t going to talk about this but here we go… At age 21 I fell madly in love with chess, spending over 6 hours a day doing endgame calculations, studying old games, and analyzing my own. I was and am happiest in a tournament hall- I gained over 800 Fide rating points in two years. I’ve never felt this way about anything EVER. But then I graduated. So I made chess content my job. I’m one of the lucky ones. Some months I barely get by, others are better. As I’ve been getting older I started to feel the pressure to make this a feasible career. Any time I didn’t spend making content made me feel guilty (including the time spent studying chess.) I feel like I’m in limbo. I haven’t done a tournament in months. I tell myself when I make it work i’ll be able to again. Having your passion be your work is amazing in so many ways, but it’s also incredibly tough. Usually my content is on the lighter side but I really wanted to make something about what’s been weighing so much on me. Thank you for reading❤️♟
Julesgambit15,972 views • 1 year ago
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