I honestly don ' t know which song to pick anymore . Gotta think carefully now <| sep |> I ' ve tried sharpening it against a car window , a tip I read , Iive tried sharpening it against the spine of another knifeFirst off , you ' re trying weird , random stuff that ' s probably as much urban legend as anything . Second , it takes time and practice . I ' d get a system you like and stick with it for a while . Practice with cheaper knives , but it ' ll take you a bit to get really proficient . What was going wrong with the lansky system ? <| sep |> I ' d like to be able to answer my own questions trust me writing up this post makes me feel like a dumbass but no matter how much i try to reorganize my strategies and think that I ' m developing a more responsible mindset I keep falling into situations that I hate i put myself through and tried persisting with it because I hate feeling like a quitter . I hear all your saying though , but hopefully you could help me with this question which is essentially what I am struggling with . Most of the paths I ' ve taken i really tried to push through even without the best guidance in hindsight because I don ' t want to quit on the very same basis for why i find myself in the depression of my states that i have no routinework ethicambition to laboriously do something night in and night out . Like there ' s a lot of things I like doing that I think about all the time but I always wonder whether that same level of ambition and drive would be there when i go commit all my time to it . I ' ve had my current degree keeping me away from ever committing much time to test it out .