You mentioned that you are young so, you have a lifetime of disappointments ahead of you.
How you deal with them is the key here.
Sometimes only age and experience can teach you how to deal with disappointment.
As one who has been around for a long time now, I speak from experience.
As an example, I will tell you about a disappointment I had a while back, and how I handled it.
For more years than I care to remember, I wanted a classic 1959 Lincoln Continental convertible.
For most of my life it was out of reach, but I never forgot.
When the internet came into being, it opened me up too all kinds of possibilities for getting that lifelong dream.
Well, I finally did get one.
You can check out my photo gallery to see it.
Well, after four years of restoration, it still had much too do , and finances and time were taking their toll on the project.
Then, along came the rise in gas prices two years ago, and that in itself was a death blow to my aspirations of finishing the restoration.
Being semi retired, I didn't have the finances I did when I bought the convertible.
This dissapointment weighed heavy on me, and I knew I would never be able to finish the car, and worse, even if I did, The escallating cost of gas meant I wouldn't be using it very often.
I hurt from the dissapointment, and coupled with the fact that I also owned another vehicle that was not in the "good mileage" catagory.
My Dakota R/T, as much as I love it, was costing me an arm and a leg to run.
One night in quiet relaxation in the jacuzzi, I thought it out, and decided the convertible would have to go.
I needed the pickup for work so, that couldn't be sold.
I weighed the alternatives carefully.
I was giving up a life long dream.
Like any problem, and or, dissapointment, we need to be realistic when dealing with it.
I decided The convertible would be better in the hands of someone who could appreciate it's individuality and rareity.
I posted an ad on a classic site, and within four days, it was sold.
Not only was it sold, but was traveling oversees, 8000 miles away.
At this point, the price of gas in my area for the convertible was $4.39 a gallon.
I knew I had done the right thing.
Now my attention was to saving what money I could by finding and alternative to the gas guzzling R/T.
I love my truck, and weill keep it forever.
With the money I got from the sale of the convertible, I purchased a year old Mazda 3 hatchback with low, low miles.
It is tremendous on gas, and I don't need to use the R/T nearly as much.
It's a fun car to drive, and not having to put gas in it very often , is a big, big plus.
Selling the convert was a necessary evil, as sad as it was, but driving this little gas saver has taken away the hurt.
Perhaps some day I will have another 59 convertible.
I never give up on that idea but,I DID find a way of dealing with the disappointment of having to sell it.
When you take the time too look at a problem or something that you are disappointed about, you can, and will find ways of dealing with it.
It is not the end of the world, and you will get through it.
Bob.
Relaxing watching a funny movie with a beer helps too. I'd do the burnout first, then the movie, and then do the right thing, what Bob said :lol:
