like everyone is saying, you have to frame it differently. what works for me is “you either win or learn”. there’s no such thing as losing when you are smart enough to know what you did wrong so you don’t fail again.
this took months for me to finally grasp and i feel much better for it
just got the fold 5, upgrading from the fold 2. i’m not really impressed with it and wished i kept my fold 2 for another generation, but time will tell if the durability is better on this one (main reason I upgraded from my fold 2). the fold 2 was solid for me though, so I’m sure down the line I will be happy with improvements to the fold phones when its time to upgrade again.
I think next time, I’ll be seriously consider any of the flip phones. only thing holding me back would be a 120 hz cover screen for the flip, but im sure it will be around when it’s time for me to upgrade from the fold 5 in about 3-4 years.
think of all of this like email, you get data from other providers and interact with people and posts using an “email address”. im oversimplifying it, but that’s how i started to wrap my head around all of this