I don't think you can ever do your best. Doing your best is a process of trying to do your best.
"The things that happen to you make you who you are."
常看修养品德胜过我的人,则惭愧耻辱油然而生;常看物质享受不如我的人,则埋怨情绪自然消失。
The only way to escape the weight of history is to write about it.