I love it, and at $100,000 a year, I'm compensated well.
So that if I'm a family doctor, why would I take an hour for an individual when I'm compensated for 10 minutes?... Forget altruism.
But I was compensating for feeling isolated.
A psychiatrist might say that I am experiencing "reaction formation," that I am compensating for my subconscious feelings of fear or loathing.
So I am compensating by including the "Classical" Symphony, sparkling and irresistible, in Eugene Ormandy's warm recording with the Philadelphia Orchestra, where it is paired with the wartime Fifth.
Maybe I am compensating for that as an adult (or maybe this comes up on days when I don't necessarily want to be an adult), but I get the periodic urge to sneak out once in a while.
She didn't want to hang out with me (or I sensed that) and I was compensating by being pathetic and always acting, like pretending that I was happy and cool and fun because I felt insecure about how she felt about me.
"I am sure it is going to get better the more time I spend on the bike but I had arm pump this morning too because I was compensating for the ankle.
I think I was compensating for the fact that many of everyday diet staples, such as Greek yogurt, were now off the table — and I admittedly wasn't as excited to replace those foods with veggies.
I am compensating for something that is missing.
