Gabriel Mizrahi

And I kind of resented that.

So I asked a bunch of questions.

I try not to defend myself too much, which is so hard to do in the moment.

And then I went away and I thought about it and I talked about it with a couple other people.

And after like a week, I was, I just was like, I don't fully agree with this part of the feedback, but I absolutely get why he saw that quality in me.

And then this other part of the feedback.

Unfortunately, that is true.

It's a little too true.

And even though I don't see myself the way he sees me, I definitely want to keep an eye on that quality because yeah, I absolutely do not want to become that person he was seeing in that moment.

So yes, it stung, but also thank you.

Oh, so it's a collection now?

I have moved on from my pirate era.

No, ironically enough, it was actually about how I was talking about a book I was reading and this new area of psychology that I'm getting obsessed with.

And I think I came across as like a little know-it-all-y and maybe skimming on the surface of some of...

my own stuff by trying to refer to some really interesting theories it's hard to explain but it was are you skating on the surface of your stuff by reference to these ideas that you're reading it was like that so yeah it kind of stung and i don't really think of myself as a person who does that but in that moment i think in a way i was a little bit and i get why he had that impression anyway

I'm just sitting here chuckling at how quick we are to get angry or withdraw when we're wounded and how important it is to not do that.

You see how that gets in the way of getting the feedback you need.

Anyway, to get back to you, my friend, I'm really sorry that this boring comment hurt.

I imagine it hurt because...

It's a hurtful thing to say to somebody.