Phantom carrot
The feeling that your carrot is still there when its really gone.
Wife: Honey, do we have any carrots?
Husband: Yes, I think there is one left in the fridge.
Wife: I can't find it.
Husband: Oh, we must be out, then.
Wife: Sounds like you have a bad case of phantom carrot.
Husband: Yes, I think there is one left in the fridge.
Wife: I can't find it.
Husband: Oh, we must be out, then.
Wife: Sounds like you have a bad case of phantom carrot.
phantom carrot
there is no destination, only the pursuit of it.
He earned his college degree only to discover it was a phantom carrot with no guarantees.