We are all inexperienced at something. No matter how old we are, we have not been through a certain experience or had an experience. It sparks judgments and assumptions of your ability and capability. It sets an image of who you are before you even share the reasons behind your inexperience. When you do try to explain or share, it comes across as you are trying to give excuses behind the inexperience.

At some point in our lives, we were all clueless about a particular subject. This is can apply to any kind of subject, be it social relationships, travel, education, preferences, etc. Personally, there have been times when I didn’t know much about a certain subject and when I share my new experience with someone who does, they have laughed at me. It has hurt. But it’s okay, cause remember that they were in the same place you were before you met them. Also these days, it’s easier to pass a judgement about someone to make yourself feel better about yourself.

An example that I have had recently, would be entrepreneurship, which is something I recently looked into, to maybe pursue in the future as I like myself as a leader and do a pretty good job of it. When I learned something and I shared with someone, they had laughed at me like “Oh, you are so cute.” and I was like uh? What’s cute about this? In my head, I was thinking that this person at one point in their life had been just as inexperienced as I was that day.

Incidents like this make us feel timid and uneasy. It puts an invisible barrier and hinders communications between two people. You suddenly don’t want to share with that person. If we had experienced everything at the same time, then we would be programmed robots living in the world. There is a reason why each one of us go through certain experiences at certain times and learn life lessons at certain times.

It’s what makes us different and diverse. We all learn different lessons from an experience and instead of passing judgment, we should broaden our knowledge about that experience. Instead, help that person experience your experience and make them no longer be inexperienced. Sharing our experiences with others should be a way to bond. A learning opportunity, we have never come to the point in our lives where we know everything about a subject. I would rather know more about a subject than dismiss a person because they went through an experience I already went through.

Indian Chameleon’s Obiter Dictum for the Day
At some point in life, you will have an experience, same as that another person. For now just chill and enjoy your current ride.