Blame HIndsight

HIndsight

Hindsight's job is to look back, after an event is over, and examine

thoroughly every little detail of that event, and then put that information

into perspective, thereby gleaning knowledge, clarity and understanding

for the purpose of avoiding some of the really stupid things one might

have done in the past and will hopefully never do again in the future

assuming, that is, that Hindsight has not fallen asleep on the job.

                                                --Mikidikipedia 

Like me, my hindsight was slow to mature, and I did some really stupid things much longer than I should have; I blame Hindsight for that. Had it been paying attention and doing its job right, I could have avoided unpleasant consequences, pain and suffering that were a direct result of those stupid things I mentioned above. It has one job and one job only--save me from myself--and it has failed me.

Unlike me, my hindsight is lazy. When I have a job to do--not including cooking, ironing, dusting, washing windows, vacuuming--I am very detail minded and thorough. For example, I will revise this post fifty-six times before I post it, and after I post it, I will revise it sixteen more times. Like Tom said, "She's anal." But at least I'm not lazy like my hindsight. It claims to know a lot, but therein lies my dilemma. It's not sharing with me, so like I mentioned above, I keep doing some really stupid things.

A look back at the evolution of my hindsight.