My story eerily parallels yours.

ER — 12/1/2015 3:55:04 PM (archived)

Except my moment of disillusion came the day I realized I was never going to be Astrophysics Nobel Prize material, and dropped out of the Master's program in Astronomy.

But you're lucky. You can blame The System. I have no one to blame but myself.

"Harvest" had just come out. I was, coincidentally,

twenty- four years old.

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Desperately seeking agonizing reappraisal. - ER - 11/30/2015 5:23:13 PM
- Been there, done that... - Jody - 12/1/2015 4:40:44 PM
  - I'm through being cool. - ER - 12/1/2015 5:52:37 PM
    - Me, too. And THAT is cool! - Jody - 12/1/2015 10:52:31 PM
      - Jody is this you? - SDG - 12/3/2015 12:44:51 AM
        
        HEY! - Jody - 12/3/2015 1:20:44 AM
      - I spent my whole life waiting for the other shoe to drop. - ER - 12/1/2015 11:02:12 PM
- Well, - - - - - bowser - 12/1/2015 5:26:19 AM
  - My story eerily parallels yours. - ER - 12/1/2015 3:55:04 PM
- The other day I was intimidated by the touch screen soda dispenser at Jack in the Box n/t - RobVG - 12/1/2015 5:01:14 AM
- I've been lucky - mcfly - 12/1/2015 4:29:19 AM
- You are not alone. - TB - 12/1/2015 3:42:02 AM
  - My wife's new stationary exercise bike has a digital control panel. - ER - 12/1/2015 4:00:09 AM
    - I go to the store, and refrigerators have monitors on them. - TB - 12/1/2015 4:11:42 AM
- For me, it's been about embracing that which I like, whether new or old - mcfly - 12/1/2015 2:26:31 AM
- first of all, you're retired - Robert - 12/1/2015 1:57:00 AM
  - I feel better already. - ER - 12/1/2015 2:20:12 AM
- I'm not there yet - SDG - 11/30/2015 11:26:42 PM
  - Don't worry. Your turn will come. - ER - 12/1/2015 2:21:11 AM

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