Delusional optimism is a concept I embraced at an early age.
I was the 15 seed in the 2000 State Jr Scratch Bowling Championship. It was my age 16 season.
I had been bowling for 4 years. Everybody seeded around or above me was a year older, and had been bowling for 10+ years.
On paper, I had no chance. Countless people reaffirmed that I had no chance.
I was undeterred.
To make matters worse, I only slept an hour the night before because I was so excited for the tournament.
We bowled 3 games in the morning, and 3 games in the afternoon.
I bowled a 575 in the first set. 50 pins below the leader.
My dad nah waved me when he found out I was down 50, and said he was taking my mom to check out the mall.
I was undeterred.
In the afternoon set, I bowled the best series of my life, 654, and beat the reigning champ by a single pin.
I was the State Champion and went on to represent my state at Nationals later that year.
I believed in myself, and that is all that mattered.
The people who did not believe in me, were irrelevant.
Embrace delusional optimism if you want to perform at your peak and hit ceiling outcomes.
@stag1drawback@Nostre_damus There was 8 years of civil war in Ukraine where native Russians were being targeted by the government in Kiev.
I’ve been following the Ukraine Crisis since November of 2013, which began with civil unrest in Kiev leading to the overthrow of the democratic government.
@ofctimallen To hell with regrets.
I have them of course. But they get snapped out of my mind like I snap my finger.
It is a programmed response.
It takes time but you can program yourself to say “oh well, had to happen.”
Because all that matters are the choices we make now.
@FJW_Trading@KofferTim@Nostre_damus They have stockpiles that would quickly run out but that’s about it.
The UK, their NATO partner in crime, would run out of artillery shells after 10 days of sustained fire.
Fucking chihuahuas.
They are already attacking Russia daily by supplying Ukraine with drones, missiles, and intelligence to provide targets and coordinates.
If EU countries attack directly after a Russian strike then it’s all on the up and up.
The war is easy for the EU when Ukrainians, many snatched up by press gangs, are the ones dying.
The war becomes a liability when EU citizens are dying.
I’m afraid the EU really wants this, and that it is inevitable.
@BadAss6360 If you are mad at Trump instead of Epstein Class he represents, you are doing it wrong.
The rest of the ruling class is just as degenerate as him.
They just aren’t belligerent about it like him.
@KaeleyT It is very important to have the ability to read a stupid comment, and immediately consider it not worth your time.
This breaks what can easily become a cycle.
@Truthsay69@dre4earth So, if you mention the word Israel and it isn’t positive, it makes you an anti-Semite, yes? Is that how it works?
Either with you or against you?
@BrianEastwoodx When he called Iran the “main terrorist State” during the 2nd debate in 2016.
The fool was so ignorant, he couldn’t even get the propaganda line straight.
Iran was the “main State sponsor of terrorism” because Washington’s support for AQ and ISIS didn’t factor in.
@Nostre_damus It’s amazing, the groups of people you never knew existed until you come across them on the internet.
“Nukes aren’t real” is one for the books.
@theclassicwife Speaking as a guy, I can confirm that we generally just get in the way.
If they want our help, they will ask.
Maturing is realizing they consider us clumsy oafs who are only useful in this situation if they need something from the top shelf.
That is when they ask for help.