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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 301079" data-attributes="member: 177">Yes, quite. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />The folks feeling anxiety are doing so because they entered the &quot;contest&quot; with the goal of winning - the reward they intend to reap is $20K or more.&nbsp; Since they have not definitively succeeded or failed to reach their goal, but cannot act further, they feel anxiety.I, on the other hand, started reaping my intended benefits as soon as I put my submission in the mail.&nbsp; My goal was merely to put forth a credible entry.&nbsp; The reward I intended to reap was a month or two of pleasant &quot;what if&quot; thoughts.&nbsp; I actualy welcome an extension of the timeline, as it means I get to have these thoughts for longer.I occasionally buy lottery tickets on the same basis.&nbsp; I'm not buying a lottery ticket.&nbsp; I'm buying a credible reason to sit and think about what I'd do with $100 million.So, in a way, I'm the zen archer of the contest.&nbsp; Everyone else's job is to hit the target, mine is simply to loose my arrow as perfectly as possible.&nbsp; Everyone else is giving themselves aneurisms while their arrows fly, while I'm relaxedly contemplating my navel <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 301079, member: 177"] Yes, quite. :) The folks feeling anxiety are doing so because they entered the "contest" with the goal of winning - the reward they intend to reap is $20K or more. Since they have not definitively succeeded or failed to reach their goal, but cannot act further, they feel anxiety. I, on the other hand, started reaping my intended benefits as soon as I put my submission in the mail. My goal was merely to put forth a credible entry. The reward I intended to reap was a month or two of pleasant "what if" thoughts. I actualy [i]welcome[/i] an extension of the timeline, as it means I get to have these thoughts for longer. I occasionally buy lottery tickets on the same basis. I'm not buying a lottery ticket. I'm buying a credible reason to sit and think about what I'd do with $100 million. So, in a way, I'm the zen archer of the contest. Everyone else's job is to hit the target, mine is simply to loose my arrow as perfectly as possible. Everyone else is giving themselves aneurisms while their arrows fly, while I'm relaxedly contemplating my navel :D [/QUOTE]

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