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Not being your best self cause you miss opportunities?

Posted on 9/29/25 at 1:56 pm
Posted by Sunnyvale
Member since Feb 2024
1997 posts
Posted on 9/29/25 at 1:56 pm
I have been having this thought in the back of my mind.
Maybe - if I was doing the work and being, how much further would I have gotten.

Anyone else has this thought creep into the back of your mind, then circumset itself to the front?

Do you feel somewhat labotomiized floating through life?
Posted by Sus-Scrofa
Member since Feb 2013
10406 posts
Posted on 9/29/25 at 1:58 pm to
Are you at a funeral for your Italian boss’s mother?
Posted by frequent flyer
USA
Member since Jul 2021
3379 posts
Posted on 9/29/25 at 1:58 pm to
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Not being your best self cause you miss opportunities?


100% Yes.
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Anyone else has this thought creep into the back of your mind, then circumset itself to the front?


I wonder often what would have happened if I were in better shape, had more time to put towards some work items, and was in a position to say "yes" more because I was just better at managing time.

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Do you feel somewhat labotomiized floating through life?



No. I'm very happy with my life. It's fun to think about "what if", but the reality is that me being the version of myself that I am got me here. Any change of that could have produced a different result - possibly a negative one. Butterfly effect theory I guess.
Posted by atxfan
Member since Jul 2004
3984 posts
Posted on 9/29/25 at 2:06 pm to
It’s never too late to be the person you could have been.
Posted by W2NOMO
Member since Jul 2025
1455 posts
Posted on 9/29/25 at 2:07 pm to
Opportunities are everywhere. Having the proper mindset is the only way to identify them. Yes, I have missed many in my life but I’m taking advantage of many these days. Consumerism can create blinders.
Posted by jaytothen
Member since Jan 2020
8211 posts
Posted on 9/29/25 at 2:10 pm to
No. Here's the deal I'm the best there is. Plain and simple. I wake up in the morning and I piss excellence
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
90767 posts
Posted on 9/29/25 at 2:21 pm to
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Do you feel somewhat labotomiized floating through life?
wtf
Posted by Willie Stroker
Member since Sep 2008
15519 posts
Posted on 9/29/25 at 2:27 pm to
quote:

I have been having this thought in the back of my mind. Maybe - if I was doing the work and being, how much further would I have gotten. Anyone else has this thought creep into the back of your mind, then circumset itself to the front? Do you feel somewhat labotomiized floating through life?

Why do you need somebody else to acknowledge feeling the way you do? Is that what motivates you?

Why not just acknowledge that you’re having an awakening? Then wake up as a better you who gives your best every chance you get?

If it makes sense that better inputs could mean better outcomes, then what are you waiting for?
Posted by Sam Quint
Member since Sep 2022
7993 posts
Posted on 9/29/25 at 2:35 pm to
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It’s never too late to be the person you could have been.

well that's definitely not true.
Posted by jiffyjohnson
1226 miles from Death Valley
Member since Nov 2011
5653 posts
Posted on 9/29/25 at 2:47 pm to
Im my own worst enemy for sure.

Prideful and angry alot of the time.

Funny and jovial the rest.

And I can't pour sand back in the jar to make up for what thats cost me.

Just gotta be happy with what you have cause alot of people dont get that I guess (this is true but also cope)
Posted by TigerPaul
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2006
2996 posts
Posted on 9/29/25 at 2:57 pm to
Using the phrase "best self" isn't going to help you.
Posted by SteveLSU35
Shreveport
Member since Mar 2004
14781 posts
Posted on 9/29/25 at 2:59 pm to
What you're saying is true, and you can turn things around if you truly want to. If not at least you know who's at fault.
Posted by brass2mouth
NOLA
Member since Jul 2007
20377 posts
Posted on 9/29/25 at 2:59 pm to
I’ve always been a straight shooter and I don’t “kiss the ring” so I don’t know if that’s not me being my best self, but it’s who I am and I would rather miss 100 opportunities being true to myself and who I am rather than playing the part they want and gaining something. I understand that sometimes the end can justify the means but nut sure I can like myself being the guy at work that’s phony just to get ahead.
Posted by Huey Lewis
BR
Member since Oct 2013
5035 posts
Posted on 9/29/25 at 3:00 pm to
Quit worrying about being your best self or your worst self and just try to be your most medium self.
Posted by wfallstiger
Wichita Falls, Texas
Member since Jun 2006
14508 posts
Posted on 9/29/25 at 3:05 pm to
I don't think so...about the only thing I have never done is own my own business but never had a desire to do so. Have worked in both sectors and kind of go about my business.

Have been a boss and stay out of their lane unless they ask an opinion and even mindful then as my suggestion may not fit their style/approach
Posted by Ruston Trombone
Member since Jun 2025
530 posts
Posted on 9/29/25 at 3:06 pm to
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I have been having this thought in the back of my mind. Maybe - if I was doing the work and being, how much further would I have gotten. Anyone else has this thought creep into the back of your mind, then circumset itself to the front? Do you feel somewhat labotomiized floating through life?


Give yourself credit for all the things you said “yes” to and that’s how you got to where you are baw.
Posted by deltaland
Member since Mar 2011
99750 posts
Posted on 9/29/25 at 4:52 pm to
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Do you feel somewhat labotomiized floating through life?


No but if it makes you feel better you’ve probably reached your ceiling since you can’t spell lobotomize
Posted by SuperSaint
Sorting Out OT BS Since '2007'
Member since Sep 2007
147695 posts
Posted on 9/29/25 at 4:56 pm to
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Not being your best self cause you miss opportunities?
told you shoulda just picked up that hooker on Santa Clara street Baw
Posted by shutterspeed
MS Gulf Coast
Member since May 2007
70153 posts
Posted on 9/29/25 at 5:01 pm to
Concern yourself only with what can be, unburned by what has been.
Posted by ElderTiger
Planet Earth
Member since Dec 2010
7639 posts
Posted on 9/29/25 at 6:40 pm to
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Any change of that could have produced a different result - possibly a negative one. Butterfly effect theory I guess.


You change one thing…you change everything !

It is still hard to admit.
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