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Yeah, I think you're right, and I especially like your description of anger as "reality being inferior to our expectations." That quote you linked is particularly on point. On the one hand, I'm not truly looking for a short-cut. I'm willing to do the work. I'm just trying to figure out a way to make the work not abjectly miserable. But I think the idea of "fighting your way through" is absolutely true, and it may simply be the case that it's going to suck for awhile. You know, I joke with some of the guys I do kung fu with about how we're not trying to "get better" or "get good," we're trying to suck less. That may just be the right way to think about it.