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Sociology > Depression |
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"GlennT" |
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08 Nov 2004 04:20:26 AM |
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Finish the picture |
There are clefts and crags and levels. Deep ravines full of
shadows and a life so convoluted it just keeps getting funnier...
80% effort, 10% reward. Two steps backward one step backward.
So what's next? Finish the picture. A landscape so unidentifiable
I scarcely perceive it as me. Push the buttons. Click the mouse.
Forget the strict borders of sanity, take heart in the flight
that carries you through all those landscapes.
Eventually when the pixels fade, reality will take a big chunk
out of your resolve. Be ready for that, worry about that. Solve
that... finish the picture.
GlennT
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| User: "John" |
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| Title: Re: Finish the picture |
08 Nov 2004 11:40:02 AM |
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"GlennT" <ask.me@noname.com> wrote in message
news:JLHjd.5155$op3.194032@news.xtra.co.nz...
There are clefts and crags and levels. Deep ravines full of shadows and a
life so convoluted it just keeps getting funnier...
80% effort, 10% reward. Two steps backward one step backward.
So what's next? Finish the picture. A landscape so unidentifiable I
scarcely perceive it as me. Push the buttons. Click the mouse. Forget the
strict borders of sanity, take heart in the flight that carries you
through all those landscapes.
Eventually when the pixels fade, reality will take a big chunk out of your
resolve. Be ready for that, worry about that. Solve that... finish the
picture.
GlennT
Don't give up.
You know the part of the story where the protagonist is beset by this and
that? You know, the good part?
That's the part you're in now.
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| User: "GlennT" |
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| Title: Re: Finish the picture |
10 Nov 2004 02:15:18 PM |
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John wrote:
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"GlennT" <ask.me@noname.com> wrote in message
news:JLHjd.5155$op3.194032@news.xtra.co.nz...
There are clefts and crags and levels. Deep ravines full of shadows and a
life so convoluted it just keeps getting funnier...
80% effort, 10% reward. Two steps backward one step backward.
So what's next? Finish the picture. A landscape so unidentifiable I
scarcely perceive it as me. Push the buttons. Click the mouse. Forget the
strict borders of sanity, take heart in the flight that carries you
through all those landscapes.
Eventually when the pixels fade, reality will take a big chunk out of your
resolve. Be ready for that, worry about that. Solve that... finish the
picture.
GlennT
Don't give up.
You know the part of the story where the protagonist is beset by this and
that? You know, the good part?
That's the part you're in now.
Thanks John. You are perceptive because although I didn't mention
it directly I am feeling somewhat beaten by obstacles at the
moment. In a one man band you have to play all the instruments.
It's no good moaning about it because nobody is interested.
Victories are small and usually so contrived and compromised they
don't feel like victories at all. Defeats are, however, far more
recognizable and frequent.
After nearly a year of this I feel tired and frustrated. One deal
that I have been pursuing for three months just fell through
because they are selling the company. They tell me this when I
have already invested thousands in a new plant and was virtually
ready for installation. Another client has decided to try and
screw me for more lease fees even though the cart is barely
profitable.
I find myself endlessly battling against smug corporations who
have tied up the market with contracts. Legal recourse is never
an option in this business... I'd be in court constantly and
bankrupt before Christmas.
As I said before (and as you have suggested in your reply) not
giving up is the *only* option. Persistence is the only way to
open these locked doors. But persistence has a price...
Thanks again.
GlennT
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| User: "jake" |
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| Title: Re: Finish the picture |
10 Nov 2004 04:34:34 PM |
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Hi Glenn,
I am sorry your hard work isn't paying off like you would like ti to as
soon as you would like it to. But I think you have a good sense for
business and plenty of charm to find openings. And even if you aren't
making a huge profit, if sales are good and since you have a good head
on your shoudlers, things will improve. It's not many businesses that
*do* make a profit within the first year, and yours does. So
congratulatios. And hang in there :)
J.
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