#29 - Moron
Last updated: Nov 1, 2022
I’m a fucking moron.
That was going to be the entire post. But for the benefit of my future self, I will expand on it.
I still don’t have my gambling impulses under control. I find myself chasing some stupid, short-term, and uninformed speculative bets.
I don’t know why I do it. But I noticed this time that the urge came after I developped strong feelings of regret over a previous decision of mine (specifically, irrationally getting out of oil). As if I was trying to erase the pain of the mistake with a quick win.
It tells me I have a higher view of myself than I thought. I really thought I was a humble guy, but the evidence points to the contrary, since I’m having some real painful cognitive dissonance once I realize that I did something stupid.
The problem is, as I try too hard to ease the pyschological discomfort, it leads me into making an even bigger blunder!
OK, let’s try and make a productive post out of this.
Assume I’ll be a brand new person tomorrow morning, what advice would I give myself?
It would be this:
If a decision of yours turns out to be a mistake,
know that you are in grave danger of compounding that mistake into a bigger one.
DON’T DO TAKE ANY MORE DECISIONS
until the feelings of shame and regret dissipate completely.
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