Five Stages of Grief

The five stages of grief by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, as experienced by me (upon finding out about the launch of kindle 3, after a mere three weeks with my beloved new kindle 2):



Denial –
"wtf this can't be happening"
"I would've read about this when I did my research on the kindle!"
"EVERYONE SAID CHRISTMAS"

Anger –
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Bargaining –

"Maybe there's some exchange policy in place for recent purchases..." [Nope there isn't]
"Return this one since it's within the 30-day period? :D" [Shipping costs, friend.]

Depression –
"Now I feel so dumb. I would've found out about this if I'd thought to look for it, or if I'd waited until I came back to Perth first I might've..."
STUPID :(

Acceptance –
"It's okay, I still love my kindle 2."
"I was already prepared for this. It just came...a lot sooner than expected"
"Nothing special about kindle 3 anyway, other than minor improvements."


I have thus come to terms with the mortality of my retail (therapy) high.