"Pick Yourself up by your Bootstraps."

Does that mean suck it up and take hold of your life? Or is it, like someone once suggested, actually counterproductive, wherein pulling up on your bootstraps while wearing your boots does nothing?

Maybe kinda like blogging?

Oh well, I'm hoping it means the former and I am making an attempt to get my career and life on track. If it's only the latter, that's okay too. At least it's a place to vent.