:: meanders ::

:: speaking of more orderly worlds...
I mention on my market page that my PCs are collectively giving me grief once again. Seems I'm more easily derailed by these annoyances than before. Then again, "before" my work in the past was far less dependent on my own PCs. I used to be a Project Manager in satellite communciations, "responsible" for the design, build, and test of some pretty high profile telcomsats. PCs were very much a part of that work, what with schedules, plans, meetings, costs, etc. But If something went wrong, well, I could just call the IT technican who would come over and fix it while I went about the other work. As much as I enjoyed that work, I don't miss it for a moment and find quite a bit to enjoy in market analysis, and sometimes carry that enjoyment over into trading (lol). I laugh as trading is the real challenge, and where for me anyway, the real work and growth happens. To carry the analogy a bit further, trading is a bit like putting together with nuts and bolts what the engineers designed with pen and CAD. Looks good on paper and in concept, but rarely does the final assembly go exactly as planned. In fact, without work-arounds, patches, redesigns, etc, it'd be one heck of a slow day on the assembly floor. But that, friends, is the real world. Our designs are always perfect, always orderly, always just so. Not to knock the concept, as to strive for the best is IMO foundational to growth. To accept less than our own best effort is the fast track to hell on earth. On the other hand, to see that life is an art in itself, is its own perfection, is to see and accept our own humanity. And so we analyze, we trade. We sometimes win and sometimes lose. And hopefully, we learn a bit about order and life in the doing.