Reported!
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Wait, sorry, you’re coming up to comps/quals in a challenging PhD program and you’re getting all freaked out that you’re being negative?
I’d be freaked out for you if you WEREN’T acting like a total asshole misanthrope.
Or “The Four Agreements”.
**Ogre **- I have always enjoyed trading geekery with you on the various guitar threads; you know your stuff and make your case in an articulate manner.
While I agree with most of the other posters - you have a solid case for glass half full - I would take a different tack: you’re growing up.
So you are focused on your cynical and negative behavior - have you thought about why? I would venture to guess that it is not delivering the results you are looking for anymore. The near-term buzz you get out of a juvenile jousting match doesn’t exceed, in fact doesn’t even cover, the longer-term regret from the ego burst, and the awareness that you should grow up. And if you want a life that you can feel good about over the long term, staying out of balance doesn’t make sense. Am I anywhere close?
I am sorry you are going through this - but you know what you need to do; there is a time to put away childish things.
Trust me on this - guys with big brains are built for the long-term; I was in my 40’s before I finally made the choice to change my behavior in this regard. The payoff, so far, has been profound.
I thought they said we were supposed to eat what we kill.
The OP is a grad student?
Shheeeeeeiiittttt…that was easy to diagnose! If true, wait until after you graduate…see if it goes away.
I would agree with your first statement. However, there is a giant chasm between being a smart ass on a message board and being one in real life. I think the difference is very clear. Your second statement, I’m only as awesome as I think I am in RL. Oh, about 2 seconds before I catch a blow to the head.
Ogre, let me ask you this…tell me what you feel about this statement now, and how you would have answered this 2 to 5 years ago…
Would you rather be happy or be right?