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11 months ago
in Defining Ourselves on Life Around Sixty
Good points, Steph. Thanks.
I think what is going on is an awareness of the other ways life could have gone. We make choices and then reap the results. That leaves part of ourselves unfulfilled. We can't have/do everything. Life's too short. The areas we don't actualize are felt as gaps, and if we're feeling somewhat bad about ourselves we see these gaps as defects. Part of self-esteem is probably coming to grips with the fact that we can't be all things, even to ourselves.
I think what is going on is an awareness of the other ways life could have gone. We make choices and then reap the results. That leaves part of ourselves unfulfilled. We can't have/do everything. Life's too short. The areas we don't actualize are felt as gaps, and if we're feeling somewhat bad about ourselves we see these gaps as defects. Part of self-esteem is probably coming to grips with the fact that we can't be all things, even to ourselves.
11 months ago
in What's it all worth? on Life Around Sixty
Relationships don't flow every minute of every day. Wouldn't that be nice? Sometimes they are work. Sometimes they're scary. Here's the thing, though. Whenever things seem bad, I can look inside my heart and see a vision of how I'd like things to be. And it's nice and warm and it feels right.
I've been in other relationships where a look inside felt cold or angry. Those are ones that were flawed in some fundamental way and I was better off just leaving.
One question I've heard put forward as important is: 'Would you choose to start a relationship with this person, knowing what you do now?' For me, the answer is/was YES. She's cranky and opinionated, for sure. She's also bright, intelligent and brave, and I love that about her. She's a real handful, but she's my handful!
I've been in other relationships where a look inside felt cold or angry. Those are ones that were flawed in some fundamental way and I was better off just leaving.
One question I've heard put forward as important is: 'Would you choose to start a relationship with this person, knowing what you do now?' For me, the answer is/was YES. She's cranky and opinionated, for sure. She's also bright, intelligent and brave, and I love that about her. She's a real handful, but she's my handful!
11 months ago
in Here be Dragons on Life Around Sixty
Hi Barb,
You and I are at very similar points right now. I do have something that may help, though. Take the 'Thirty Day Challenge'.
This is a crash-course in using the internet to make money and find a new direction in life. It is put on every year by a group of marketers in Australia. It costs no money and they guarantee you will make at least $10 bucks by the time you are done. The challenge starts on August 1, but they have a lot of pre-challenge training videos available now. You can sign up here. http://www.ThirtyDayChallenge.com/challenge/21628
I'm looking forward to doing this for the first time. Retirement looms and I need another string for my bow.
Welcome to my blogs.
You and I are at very similar points right now. I do have something that may help, though. Take the 'Thirty Day Challenge'.
This is a crash-course in using the internet to make money and find a new direction in life. It is put on every year by a group of marketers in Australia. It costs no money and they guarantee you will make at least $10 bucks by the time you are done. The challenge starts on August 1, but they have a lot of pre-challenge training videos available now. You can sign up here. http://www.ThirtyDayChallenge.com/challenge/21628
I'm looking forward to doing this for the first time. Retirement looms and I need another string for my bow.
Welcome to my blogs.
11 months ago
in I've never Worked on Life Around Sixty
Drudgery and low points are definitely part of the process. One time in the 70s my task for a week was sacking concrete. That means dipping a burlap sack in a slurry of thin cement and rubbing it over the poured concrete to provide a mirror finish. Now that's boring!! And tedious.
I discovered, though, that if I stared really closely at the surface I was working, I could actually see the bubbles form and watch the holes fill in. After about 20 minutes I was transported to a zenlike meditative state where time didn't exist. Better than weed! Was actually sorry to go back to pounding nails.
I discovered, though, that if I stared really closely at the surface I was working, I could actually see the bubbles form and watch the holes fill in. After about 20 minutes I was transported to a zenlike meditative state where time didn't exist. Better than weed! Was actually sorry to go back to pounding nails.
1 year ago
in Social Networks, Bringing Us Together or Keeping Us Apart? on Jacob Morgan on Social Media, Technology, Marketing, and Life
There is definitely a difference between online relationships and 'real' ones. Clifford Stoll warned about this twenty years ago. It goes hand in hand with cocooning, where we stay home and entertain ourselves rather than going out and interacting with flesh-and-bloods. I feel there is an extra kind of reality at large in the world and our language isn't quite able to deal with it.
