What futility doesn’t feel like
There is nothing more perfect than the punch line of this Dilbert strip.
Who among us cannot relate? I actually considered making that my new theme on this site. There are times that it seems to perfectly capture my life.
That could be depressing, but the intent of this strip is to laugh at the depression, and that’s usually what I do in life as well. It’s amazing how well the stress drops off when you do that. When I’m in the proverbial “impossible situation” I just laugh at the absurdity of it all and realize that I can only do what I can do. Then I do what I can. If failure occurs, I just try to make sure it’s not because of me.
Is that denial? Maybe. I’m okay with that, though.
What do you do to cope when things seem futile?
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November 20th, 2008 at 8:11 am
I do the same, but sometimes my laugh is skeery.
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Jeff says:
November 20th, 2008 at 9:13 am
“Skeery”? That’s a new one for me…
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November 20th, 2008 at 11:16 am
I normally just let my head fall and hit the desk very hard – the bang is normally enough to make me forget that what I’m trying is futile
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Jeff says:
November 20th, 2008 at 11:32 am
heh … that’s a novel approach. Maybe I’ll try that next time. Though with the frequency of occurrences, I might actually incur brain damage. Hmm… wonder if I can get worker’s comp for that…
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November 20th, 2008 at 11:37 am
Its alright, you won $25 from the commentluv contest so you can buy back those cells now
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