0925 Another cup of tea to refresh myself. I took a good look at my lower body for the first time in quite a while and realized that it has become surprisingly muscular without going to the gym. I've put an enormous amount of work into training, and I now have far more stamina than I did when I was a teenager. And my cat is ridiculously adorable. Company presidents come over to say hello to me, and I'm on good terms with my ex wife. I have more than enough reasons to be happy. Social comparison breeds unhappiness. What matters is not how others are doing. Their lives are beside the point. What matters profoundly is our ability to remain attuned to our own way of being. "It is not things themselves that disturb people, but their judgments about these things." -- Epictetus Don't blame yourself. You did well. Let's move on. "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." -- Winston Churchill But I don't dri...