I loved the post! ;)

I also wanted to mention that you are definitely not alone. I would guess that most of us have had similar situations before and we were equally frustrated.

The lesson is to make sure that the journey itself is as fulfilling as the destination. Which in hindsight is probably a pretty good lesson for all of life. That way when you find out that you can't actually reach the destination along the path you've traveled you can at least look back and know you've enjoyed getting there.