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Does it piss you off more when you were so close to accomplishing a certain goal but didn't, or when you weren't even close to accomplishing it?

The "goal" in question can be literally anything, big or small. Where you either were so close to accomplishing it but didn't by just a little bit, or when you weren't even close to accomplishing it in the first place. Which is worse?

For me it's a tough question, but I have to go with when I was so close but didn't.

It just pisses me off when I probably easily could've achieved my goal but didn't just because of one little seemingly small mistake I made.

Whereas if I wasn't even close anyway it's just like "oh well, this thing was WAY beyond my abilities anyway."

But when I'm so close, it means I was capable of achieving the goal and could've done it but one little mistake fucked everything up. And that's more infuriating for me than not even being close.

If I'm not close at all I'm like "eh whatever." But if I was close it's like "NOOOO GOD FUCKING DAMN IT I WAS SO FUCKING CLOSE I CAN'T DO ANYTHING RIGHT ARRRRGHHH!!!"
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greencompass · 36-40, F
For me, the same. Usually more frustrating when you've put in more time and energy into something that in the end doesn't bear fruit.
EzraIsShy76028 · 22-25
@greencompass "Doesn't bear fruit" is a really good analogy, or at least (if it's common) not one that I've personally come across before (I think). But yeah. Nothing worse than putting in so much time and energy only for it to be for nothing in the end.