I am falling into a trap. It has to do with my day job. One is always looking for ways to improve things for the patient sitting opposite.

One becomes a fixer-upper. Never admit defeat, keep looking for a solution.

I seem to have internalised this attitude such that I apply it to most other problems in my life, even when further interventions may be futile and it is time, dare I say, to give up.

I blame this deficiency on my training: instilling me with optimism about eventual success, if only one keeps trying.