Comments | lizarde: Emo Girl and Her Projects

lizarde

Emo Girl and Her Projects

Sep 28, 2009 01:28

So. I've been talking with a friend of mine about my life and the change I want to see take place. He suggested I post to facebook or lj more often about my progress and about what I'm struggling with. I don't know. I got my lj account years ago but didn't post much to it because I felt weird broadcasting my feelings about stuff to people. Never ( Read more... )

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eigen_zed September 28 2009, 19:46:37 UTC

*Hugs* Good luck! I'm going to be applying to grad school next fall, and I'm super nervous about it. Maybe I should make a LJ post about it and chart my progress, too.

lizarde September 29 2009, 04:36:18 UTC

Dude, you totally should! I'm excited for you! Where are you thinking of applying?

eigen_zed September 29 2009, 18:29:03 UTC

The PhD program at the LBJ school of public policy. I'm going to keep my day job while I'm doing it. :)

lizarde September 30 2009, 16:48:08 UTC

That's badass! I've seriously considered taking some classes there myself. I'd need some prereqs first, though. What specializations are you interested in?wow, good luck!

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stacycat69 September 29 2009, 00:29:36 UTC

I want pictures :)

I used LJ as a good outlet for me. I had lots of anger issue, and I was mad at a great many things. Having an outlet is good.

*hugs*

lizarde September 29 2009, 04:50:42 UTC

Gah, I haven't even figured out how to post pix to lj yet. Sad, no? When I figure it out, I'll post a photo of whiteboard which has all my goals on it.

I'm not particularly angry. Angry might make me more productive. I've been feeling a little bit sorry for myself for my perceived lost opportunities. What if I'd had more energy earlier? What if I'd felt better about myself earlier? And now I'm facing being thinner just as I'm showing signs of age...I was never young and healthy at the same time, except for a couple of years in my early thirties, when I lost weight before. And then I was a mess because I was in love.

What is this shit? I've got to stop writing emo crap about being old at a coffee house where the average age is 23. :-)

The trick in life seems to be to learn to measure value internally rather than externally in comparison with others. If you can manage to do that, you sidestep a lot of bullshit.

kainasylum September 30 2009, 04:31:49 UTC

*hugs*
Ultimately, the LJ posts are for you to look back on. You can make the entries as public or private as you need them to be. You can make custom friend groups for those entries you wish to keep close to your inner circle.

Thank you for writing this :)

lizarde September 30 2009, 16:50:18 UTC

Aww, you're sweet. Thanks for your help with everything! I'll keep you posted.