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"found myself lacking" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used when describing feelings of inadequacy or the inability to meet a certain expectation. For example, "Given the difficulty of the project, I quickly found myself lacking in the skills needed to complete it."
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"I had accomplished what I wanted to in brokerage, found myself lacking in motivation, and you have to be motivated in that industry.
As my business picked up, I found myself lacking the time to clean, which gave me even more germophobic anxiety.
It was the most frustrating thing in the world: I could judge others all day long but when it came to helping myself I found myself lacking.
In attempting last year to discover whether Seattle police were using Stingrays, I found myself lacking in pointed questions to ask: although I received an unequivocal "no," rather than a brush-off, it would have been nice to have something specific in mind, like a location or operation.
"Deadlines were passing and and I needed a kick up the arse, but with an army of psychic skeletons waiting to surge across synapses should they be lysergically fired, going 'gonzo' was not an option when I found myself lacking Caliope's influence.
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And I find myself lacking a logical argument to the contrary.
I can see myself through the lens of criticism and find myself lacking.
I often find myself lacking the time and energy to meet new people, so I too have tried online dating.
When I find myself lacking sleep, I am less productive, unable to focus and much less creative.
Yes there are highlights like Twitter, but I have found myself bemoaning a lack of the incredible upsurge of new ideas we experienced around the dot com boom.
It wasn't long, however, before I found myself frustrated at the lack of social rewards being intelligent seemed to hold.
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