Why do I always need outside validation?  It's like I have no inside validation.

I noticed last week that I've been saying and thinking a lot of negative things about myself.  Pete says something nice to me, and I say, "You shouldn't say that."  Or I make a mistake and say, "I'm an idiot."  The thing is, I didn't used to do this.  I don't know when I started, and I don't think I believed them at first.  But I'm finding that the ( Read more... )

A little while ago, I found a blog that has made for very interesting reading:  A Year and Change.  It was written by Lucy March (Lani Diane Rich), and was her attempt to rediscover herself during/after her divorce.  Her intent was to blog about it every day for 516 days, which was the number of days until her 40th birthday.  The blog posts are ( Read more... )

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