Maybe it's true what they say. Maybe there are plenty of fish in the sea... If my childhood taught me anything it's that real fishing is not as easy as Sesame Streets' Bert and Ernie would have you believe. It's not like you just get in a boat and call 'here fishy fishy fishy' and they hop right in the boat. Fishing, is much more complicated. You actually have to know what you're doing. It's an acquired skill, that takes years of practice and many failures before you can achieve any ounce of success.
For starters...You have to make sure you have the right bait for the type of fish you want to catch; you have to know where to drop your line; you have to know when it's time to reel it in for the day and just take a lunch break; and most importantly you have to be able to recognize when the fish you caught is to small and that you need to throw it back, instead of talking yourself into keeping it.
And you know what, they are right ... their are plenty of fish in the sea. If you don't catch the fish you want, don't blame it on the fish, blame it on the fishing. If you're sitting in a boat calling 'here fishy fishy fishy,' in REAL life you're going to get exactly what you put into it. I've had to learn that the hard way (Thanks for the misguidance, Ernie!). And the only thing that gets my through it all is knowing I can share the experiences, for better or for worse... Here are my adventures in fishing...
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