A friend of mine has gained a huge success in the last couple of days. A success that, while not officially completed yet, is one of those that makes me sort of hate her, as it's a goal that we both have, and she beat me to.
Ali and I get along quite well, and she's well on the way to becoming my best friend, that's for sure. We work together, write together, hang out together...The only thing we're not doing is sleeping together. (Though...Hubba-hubba...)
When one of us is whooping the other at work, we make fun. We cuss one another, and use friendly, healthy competition to make ourselves better. It's how you grow, and given that we do care about each other as much as we do, there's no harm in a little friendly snipping, if it drives us further along.
With this though, I can't resent her. I can't let her success make me grumble and push myself further. I need to be happy for her, and leave it at that.
I'm a selfish person.
Even though she deserves it far more than I do (as I'm the Queen of Procrastination), and I'm not in a position where I can succeed in the same way, I'm grumpy. We have the same dream, and she beat me to it. And the worst part is, she keeps saying how her success is going to help me when it's my time. Which is true, and helpful, and nice. But still annoying.
Damn you, Ali. Why ya gotta be awesome, and make me feel like a slacker?!
I guess this means I need to get off my ass and finish something, doesn't it?
Ali and I get along quite well, and she's well on the way to becoming my best friend, that's for sure. We work together, write together, hang out together...The only thing we're not doing is sleeping together. (Though...Hubba-hubba...)
When one of us is whooping the other at work, we make fun. We cuss one another, and use friendly, healthy competition to make ourselves better. It's how you grow, and given that we do care about each other as much as we do, there's no harm in a little friendly snipping, if it drives us further along.
With this though, I can't resent her. I can't let her success make me grumble and push myself further. I need to be happy for her, and leave it at that.
I'm a selfish person.
Even though she deserves it far more than I do (as I'm the Queen of Procrastination), and I'm not in a position where I can succeed in the same way, I'm grumpy. We have the same dream, and she beat me to it. And the worst part is, she keeps saying how her success is going to help me when it's my time. Which is true, and helpful, and nice. But still annoying.
Damn you, Ali. Why ya gotta be awesome, and make me feel like a slacker?!
I guess this means I need to get off my ass and finish something, doesn't it?
Be as grumpy as you want, I don't mind it one bit.
ReplyDeleteNow what do you say if you take that grumpiness and use it to finish something we can actually work on?
How's about you get that smug grin off your face first? lol!
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