shortstacking

[uley]

I posted a hand on the micro limit forum and got good/helpful responses - one thing that came up though was the question why was I shortstacking or was I shortstacking on purpose - the answer would be I was not even really paying attention - I had enough to play several rounds etc and all I did was had my stack dwindled by the blinds etc.. so what is the proper way to handle this or why is it important to be comparbly stacked against my opponents - hope that made sense