Odds are, it’s nothing to be worried about.
There’s nothing to be done until the next steps happen anyway.
If I can’t do anything about it, I shouldn’t worry, shouldn’t obsess, shouldn’t even think about it.
May the odds be ever in my favor.
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I’m really frustrated. Three hours today, and I know the material – it’s “just” technical problems that are causing me not to be able to do this. And I can’t progress until I do. And I’m going out of town tomorrow for five days, so today was my only day to do this. You guys are so professional – but sometimes you just seem rinky dink.
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I thought 2024 was bad but 2025 is awful so far. My mother died on Saturday. Today my S called to tell me he’d just been laid off from his government-funded job. My $1200 emergency car repair on Monday seems insignificant now. My stress and sadness levels are through the roof.
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My son in Ukraine works for a USAID-funded contractor. My DIL’s non-profit, which distributes medical supplies to vulnerable civilians in Eastern Ukraine, gets some of her supplies from organizations that get them with USAID funds. Their universe is shattering before their eyes.
The bank that is funding the church who wants to buy our synagogue building was told today they need to double their already substantial down payment to get their loan. It will require the sale of other assets which will take a while. We need to sell as badly as they want to buy. I really don’t want to have to find a commercial broker and pay them six figures, but we may have no choice, and no guarantee we’d get a quick sale resembling the agreement we currently have. OTOH, we can’t afford to wait this out, only to have the purchase fall through, leaving us back at square one.
I’m a mess. Someone stop me from buying any more plants. They are my solace these days.
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Kind of frustrates me that people who provide this very essential and difficult work often
make less money than those that do silly 12 second dances on the internet.
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I know I’m being a jerk.
I’m a very beginner mahjong player.
Even I know that when you pick up a tile, you have to lay the tiles down. The fact that you didn’t, didn’t discard and mahjong when I called you out after a full round of play is probably not correct. I wasn’t paying attention because I had to retool my entire setup because of a mistake you called me out on. Seems like the other people at the table should have caught this.
Seems like your mistake was big.
A frustrated beginner.
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You are being such an inflexible prima donna. Traveling with 6 people requires flexibility. If you really don’t want our opinion, don’t ask for it. We will never travel with you again.
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You expect us to let you do whatever you want (and CELEBRATE it!), but it’s sure not a two-way street. 
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Please for the love of god, do your homework. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE stop with the putting it all off until it’s too late.
(This quarter, third quarter of senior year of high school, I’ve sworn to not harass my kid re: homework or assignments, nor will I check his canvas or other portals for things that are overdue. He’s got to get this business together BEFORE college. I told him if he asks for help, i’m here. But he’s got to do the lifting himself. So you may see more of these vents in the near future…)
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Almost 9 years ago I had a heart attack and ended up having bypass surgery.
Today on one of the local TV station’s websites there was an article about heart attacks and one of the points was that men and women tend to have different heart attack symptoms. I am male but my heart attack experience sounded just like the symptoms they listed as more common for females. I made a comment in the comments section, “I am male but I guess I had a female heart attack” and then described my symptoms. They refused to post it because it was offensive.
Yes this is just a little thing but what is our society becoming? What are people going to do when there are real issues?
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I absolutely must stop stress induced shopping!
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I’m definitely a special snowflake. First time ever today having a root canal. They had to give me 6 shots to numb me up enough.
Now my nerves are fried and I’m exhausted.
Gives new meaning to the phrase “I’d rather have a root canal” when you actually have had one. 
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I will not should not stress eat.
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Please, please, please can all airlines please revert to boarding all aircraft by row from the back of the plane forward, no more groupings. You know, like it used to be. When it worked.
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Holy mother of what on earth now?!
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I can only do so much yard work to distract myself from the news. I am sore each night and fall asleep if I sit down to stream a show. I do sleep well at night.
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Thank heavens this job offer for my kid came through when it did.
There’s soon going to be a lot of competition for jobs in this town.
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Sadly, the old adage is proven true once again. No good deed goes unpunished.
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You are just not a nice person, and also kind of clueless. Bye. 
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No one should be expected to work 17+ hours a day, seven days a week, nor should it be considered desirable by employers.
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