At any rate, people don't realize what an advanced-level I'm working on, physically and mentally. But I'm constantly pushing my own boundaries and eventually I hit some wall.

What I always always always notice, is that the men around me invariably take longer to reach that wall and they recover much faster from the collision.

Men are simply and _obviously_ superior at many things and I am too competitive to deny it. I would never be able to advance, in my own way and at my own pace, without acknowledging this, and I'd be doomed to whinging that the men must not be playing fair.

But, I learned at a young age that life is inherently unfair. This is not Heaven. Thankfully. This would be a dimestore Heaven, for sure.