Discussion Does it piss you off more when you were so close to accomplishing a certain goal but didn't, or when you weren't even close to accomplishing it?

[EzraIsShy76028]

The "goal" in question can be literally anything, big or small. Where you either were so close to accomplishing it but didn't by just a little bit, or when you weren't even close to accomplishing it in the first place. Which is worse?

For me it's a tough question, but I have to go with when I was so close but didn't.

It just pisses me off when I probably easily could've achieved my goal but didn't just because of one little seemingly small mistake I made.

Whereas if I wasn't even close anyway it's just like "oh well, this thing was WAY beyond my abilities anyway."

But when I'm so close, it means I was capable of achieving the goal and could've done it but one little mistake fucked everything up. And that's more infuriating for me than not even being close.

If I'm not close at all I'm like "eh whatever." But if I was close it's like "NOOOO GOD FUCKING DAMN IT I WAS SO FUCKING CLOSE I CAN'T DO ANYTHING RIGHT ARRRRGHHH!!!"

 

[newsincerity]

most annoying for me is being derailed from achieving my goal and wasting time
Life does it all the time

 

[jayjay]

The "goal" in question can be literally anything, big or small. Where you either were so close to accomplishing it but didn't by just a little bit, or when you weren't even close to accomplishing it in the first place. Which is worse?

For me it's a tough question, but I have to go with when I was so close but didn't.

It just pisses me off when I probably easily could've achieved my goal but didn't just because of one little seemingly small mistake I made.

Whereas if I wasn't even close anyway it's just like "oh well, this thing was WAY beyond my abilities anyway."

But when I'm so close, it means I was capable of achieving the goal and could've done it but one little mistake fucked everything up. And that's more infuriating for me than not even being close.

If I'm not close at all I'm like "eh whatever." But if I was close it's like "NOOOO GOD FUCKING DAMN IT I WAS SO FUCKING CLOSE I CAN'T DO ANYTHING RIGHT ARRRRGHHH!!!"

The demiurge.

 

[EzraIsShy76028]

most annoying for me is being derailed from achieving my goal and wasting time
Life does it all the time

I hear ya on that. I do have a lot of goals that I just simply never finished due to life derailing me from them. I also suffer from a general severe lack of discipline, so sometimes it's admittedly partly my fault and not JUST life's fault, but other times I have to drop my goals due to life issues that pop up.