Overanalysing....yes Elliot, you're not the only one who's good at it...

[greatmib]

At 21 how old realy are we? I feel like I'm still a child. At our age, our parents and grandparents held real jobs, had their own families, and took care of responsibilities that dwarf any that I feel I am faced with. Yes, I pay bills, do my taxes, and can now legally buy alcohol (though I have not been carded a single time since turning that most

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[elctrcmyhm79]

I've had those same thoughts race through my head. I often try to push them to the back of my mind in the name of 'rationality' as well, but lately I've been wondering if I should just let it all go and pursue something absurd that I really want. I think I'll compromise on some level. As far as your concerns, I think you should do what will make you happy, even if there's a chance of failure. (Though having two degrees from Berkeley as insurance wouldn't hurt.) You know I'll support and love you no matter what. I'd hate to see other people go down the same self-doubting path I all too often seem to take.

[greatmib]

Wow...thank you, I know you will support me and I'm incredibly grateful I have you in my life to never judge me and push me to be better by constantly making fun of me (hehe...I do enjoy the puns at my expense). I know I have given you advice on being proactive and not being afraid and in that respect I have been a hypocrite as I have not followed my own advice. True that its easier to see someone from the outside than to look inside myself and face my own self doubts...its so much easier to pretend that I know everything and have everything figured out. I have always hidden from the fact that as the years go by I know less and less of anything really, but for some reason I can no longer play ostridge...it's time to pull my head out of the sand. I just don't know what to do now that I'm no longer hiding...and sand, of course, looks sooo very inviting.

You can do it!

[anonymous]

Don't sweat it. Just do it. I have faith in you (and in him). -Camie

[shaydlip]

Babe, as always, do whatever you need to do for yourself. As for everyone else, fuck 'em.

Although, I have to say, I have absolutely NO idea what this context is.

[nucleophile]

Hey Marina,
It's Andrew... remember me? Finally came across your LJ, so I am officially *friending* you. :)

Are you planning on finishing school first? You don't have that long to go, right?

Anyway, I think it's better to try different things and realize they're not for you rather than wondering your whole life. We're still young and have a lot of opportunities, so explore while you still can.

[greatmib]

ya you're absolutely right. i guess ive been feeling a bit restless and clausterophobic in berkeley.