The number 9 always makes me feel like whatever i accomplished was insufficient, like in terms of anything that requires a number. Example are grades in school, test scores, or scores in games or sports. I mean number 9 makes it seem as if you've almost reached the next level, that level being a new base 10, yet you weren't good enough to actually attain a little more in order to enter that base. like people would get mad if they got an 89 percent as a grade in school, because they almost reached the next level, that being an A, yet they only received a B+, relating to the saying "so close, yet so far". this is how i feel alot whenever i receive a 9 in terms of anything, since quality and acheivements are frequently measured in numbers, it makes me feel as if i lacked the ability to enter that next level, and the disappointment i have in failing to do so annoys me. i'd rather be the worst in a higher level than the best in a lower level, but does anyone have this mentality as well?
2006-12-28
20:13:02
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