Perhaps it is because of the unconscious inner-gnawing I experience on a daily basis.

Perhaps I see them as threats to my entire vision of the way the world should be.

Or, perhaps I simply like to complain. Who knows! But when I find a juicy complaint that seems half-justified, I go to town. However, rarely is something ever produced, aside from an unproductive sort of frustration and some elevated blood pressure.

Ever notice how these hot-buttons tend to change over time? For example, I remember how the question “How are you doing?” @ the grocery store checkout counter always bothered me (because if I really told them how I was doing with any more elaboration than “Good”, they would probably look at me like a deer in headlights). Now it doesn’t bother me in the slightest, and I even laugh at myself for ever having a problem with it in the first place.

Sometimes it feels like second-nature to make a list of things I think are right and wrong, good and bad, positive and negative, and the fight for the former in those groups. In some small way it makes me feel in control. Like I know how things should be, and I’m helping make them that way.

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Tim~ Thank you for posting it! It’s always a little scary to acknowledge doing something that seems less than admirable. I’d like to think honesty helps people get honest with themselves, even if they have different issues. That’s the hope, anyways!

And NO! it’s not just you because I can be like that with things too. So there’s at least 2 of us.

All the same, I think it’s a natural inclination. One of the easiest ways to initially bond with people is over some shared outrage. I bet if I told you one of the 3 or 4 tales of woe is Tracy that I’ve got going on right now, you could relate to at least one and we’d have a jolly time talking about all the insidious ways this thing is oh so wrong.

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I definitely had a strong reaction; and I’ve told Tim it has little to do with him and more to do with me. While I do believe $97 is a lot for an e-book, the experience taught me that I have a tendency to attach to “issues” and then obsess over them. It’s something I’m working on.

I imagine other people do this with other things. But perhaps it is just me!

Lori

Whoever snaps up Tim’s coaching offer (if someone hasn’t done so already!) — have a fab time!