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Originally Posted by HolidayInTheSun
Horrible, awful, absolutely abominable! We have been encircled; the advance, completely halted. Conditions are atrocious. How the men suffer! Nevertheless, we are dug in, and refuse to retreat a single inch. We will not attempt a withdrawal. {Classified information redacted} and back up funds are coming. It is awfully dull here, passing the time, only putting in minor action each day. And very cold. We're not supposed to say it, but inside I think everyone's thinking the same thing: It's going to take a miracle if we're to be through with this by Christmas. And to think, just a few nights ago we came so close. Just a few baskets away. Oh, how detestable the modern, city-dwelling negro is! How he lets us down, when we have put so much faith in him! It appears it may be a long winter here. Lord, please let the advance continue again soon.
You're experiencing a crisis it would seem. Surrounded on all sides by seemingly inescapable barriers preventing your personal progress.
Your description is surely a sour reflection of the:
-recent shortage of +EV bets in the area of your expertise? or
-dwindling shortlist of bookies willing to take your bets, leading to uncertainty about whether you'll advance from your current financial position? or
-lack of creative freedom associated with a life of repetitive analysis and manual data entry into a sports betting model? - A barricade on the mind in other words.
It could be anything among this non-exhaustive list of explanations. Yet your resistance and refusal to yield as well as the hope expressed in your last few sentences are reason to think that the barriers to progress will be breached in good time.