Kicking myself
By peavey
@peavey (16936)
United States
August 13, 2016 5:29pm CST
Did you ever come across a good deal and failed to take advantage of it just because you didn't think fast enough? I have done that twice in the last week!
I decided to embroider a saying and put it in a frame for a gift... and as I was driving along, I drove past a pile of old frames of all sizes, put out for the trash. A man was looking through them and I drove on by! Silly, I know. I should have stopped and seen if there was one that could be used for my project.
Then today we went to the farmer's market and I came across some purple okra. It was $2 for a small basket, so I decided to get some and he gave me all the purple that he had, which was about three times as much as would fit in the basket. He said that people apparently didn't like okra. So why didn't I make an offer on the entire box? He probably would have sold it cheap and I would have had okra all winter.
One of these days I will surprise myself and jump on a potential good thing when I see it!
Do you think fast enough to do that?
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18 responses
@1hopefulman (45111)
• Canada
15 Aug 16
Live and learn! 
I love okra. I eat it raw or put it in salads.
I love okra. I eat it raw or put it in salads.3 people like this
@1hopefulman (45111)
• Canada
16 Aug 16
@peavey Don't be too hard on yourself. I think you are doing well but we can't win them all! 
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@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
13 Aug 16
oh I miss things like that all the time
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@kaka135 (14994)
• Malaysia
8 Sep 16
I think I should have missed some opportunities, but it's okay, I just move on as I might forget about it very quickly.
But, I also learned to just grab the opportunity if I really want it. If it takes me more time to consider and the opportunity just slipped away, that means it's not meant for me.
But, I also learned to just grab the opportunity if I really want it. If it takes me more time to consider and the opportunity just slipped away, that means it's not meant for me. 2 people like this
@koopharper (7599)
• Canada
14 Aug 16
I've run into so many times. I try not to beat myself up over it. My big thing is waiting and then finding out the deal is gone.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
22 Aug 16
I have missed a few good deals in my time, and I have also held onto things when I should not have. I believe it evens out.
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@marsha32 (6631)
• United States
22 Aug 16
Some times the opposite happens too...we think too quickly and end up not getting a deal...or getting something we really didn't need.
This morning I went to the quilt shop to buy a shop hop t-shirt. I was going to be upset if the last 2 had already sold out, but they hadn't. However, while there, the owner told me that my entrance to the quilt retreat at the end of October was paid for.
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@Letranknight2015 (52665)
• Philippines
18 Aug 16
We all make mistakes, I mean if I knew i had a green thumb years back I would have committed myself into being a farmer in our backyard garden. The only thing we can do is learn from it and move on, maybe try to remember it and come back again, you might get 2 box next time, who knows 
No, don't kick yourself over it. okay
No, don't kick yourself over it. okay1 person likes this
@Tampa_girl7 (54714)
• United States
14 Aug 16
I love okra. I have never heard of the purple variety.
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@HebrewGreekStudies (1646)
• Canada
8 Sep 16
This happens to me as well-the problem sometimes is that my mind is on other matters which it considers priority, so it sometimes is blind to what is in front of me-the reality is, I think this is very common and to some extent our survival depends on it, with the exception of dangerous situations, it's our minds way of focusing attention. Mmmm, that said, some of the things we focus on, are still somewhat trivial;).
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@teresatrotter (4073)
• Jacksonville, Florida
14 Aug 16
I am always screwing up like that...
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@buenavida (9984)
• Sweden
9 Sep 16
I have made many mistakes in the past, but better not kick myself but just continue and look forward.. At least I found a business that works and pays slowly but steadily!
