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Some thoughts on frustration, or, I started this post on December 11, 2010 and just now came back to it.

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Frustration is a result of pride.

I guess.

That’s all I can figure out at the moment, because after a few intensely frustrating hours of life, I feel shallow and pitiful trying to maintain my anger at things not going the way I want them to go. It feels childish to sit here at my desk and avoid paying bills by feeling persecuted because other people aren’t behaving as robotically as I expect them to. It feels so wrong, in fact, that I know there must be something deeply wrong about it.

Whining sucks. I know this from experience with it. Continue reading →

You can call me Divine Master

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My boss outed me today.

It is funny to me that I’m only 30 and already working for a younger boss. During our Taco Bell lunch, he was saying he turns 25 next week.

“When I turned 25, I was still in school,” I said, thinking about how different my life is from his. He’s in the tenth year of running his own business. As a sophomore in high school, he already had two employees. As a 25 year-old, I was goofing off in seminary, living off student loans and my Grad Assistant stipend. Continue reading →