quick update of late
kelly | 6 February 2008 - 8:30pm
- Three years of blogging! Monday was my 3-year blogiversary. I ate cake.
- Minor existential crisis. Okay fine, it might have been major. And using the past tense isn't completely accurate since the crisis is, in fact, still occurring. I have some angst over (not) having a life plan and (not) finding my passion and thus (not?) meeting my full potential and blah blah blah I don't want to talk about it. Except to say you shouldn't be worried or anything because this totally happens every six months.
- Too busy to breathe! On the two days a week I have EMT class I leave the house before 8a and don't get home until nearly 10p. Between that and my regular workouts and the addition of swimming and the occasional Italian learning, there is very little time during the week for anything else except maybe dinner. And not always that. I am kicking ass on my New Year initiatives and enjoying all of it, but I am also very tired come, oh, Tuesday. It seems that in enriching my life I have very little time for, um, life. But being busy isn't really a bad thing during the cold-hearted days of winter as it keeps me occupied until spring.
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Happy blogiversary!
Your new year initiatives and existential crisis will reach a happy medium soon, I'm sure. :)
Congrats on the three years.
I have one of those crisis every so often too. I'll feel guilty for not having more career ambitions, more family ambitions, more life ambitions in general. But I try not to let it get to me too much. I figure if I'm happy, I must be doing something right.
I am surprised that you have enough time to have an existential crisis. Just wait until April, and you will get to witness mine first hand. But is it really an existential crisis if I know that it is coming? Interesting...
I just saw a thing about life crises on the world news the other night (which I have to TiVo, because I'm not getting home until too late to watch it - but that is a tangent on being busy too). Anyway, this report was saying how people are usually really depressed in their 40's and it is mostly because someone assesses her life and realizes she isn't doing all of the things she dreamed of doing and isn't sure if her life is taking the right path, etc. etc.
Sounds like you are just ahead of the curve. ;-)
Wow! Three years - congratulations!
If you have this crisis every six months (or so), it must pass pretty quickly. Besides, you've been doing so many great things, that I can't believe that isn't you plan and passion for now. How many times do you hear an 80-year old talking about how they still don't know what they want to do when they grow up, anyway?
Ern, things should calm down come May, anyway. Just in time for warm weather!
Thank you, William.
That's pretty much how it is for me, geeky. I've always been ambitious, but the problem now is that I don't know what I want. And it's hard to pursue the undefined... But I'm happy and, as you say, that's what counts.
If I'm still having mine then, HFD, our men may not be able to convince us to come back home. Do they have mermaids where we're going? Because that's what I want to be.
Danielle, it seems I'm always ahead of the curve when it comes to aging. *sigh*
It does pass quickly, Jenski. Or I suppose what is more accurate is that it's always there just below the surface but I successfully suppress it most of the time. And you're right about the 80 year-old - Nils has said he doesn't know what he wants to be when he grows up. Heh.
Happy 3rd Blogiversary!
I have only one suggestion as far as your existential crisis (this is coming from somebody who is very shortly turning 39).
MORE CAKE!
Happy three years!
That's the best advice I've gotten yet, Kranki.
Thank you, Bente!
1. happy anniversary!
2. I will honor your wish of not wanting to talk about "the crisis", but i will just say that i think you are the type of person that, if you became the president of the entire universe, you would still not think you were doing enough with your life. which is, i think, one of your very finest qualities. (but you have so many!)
the desire, (or nagging need), to always want to do more with your life is a sign of a person who is going to come very close to reaching their fullest potential in life. ooops- i said i wouldn't talk about this!
3. hearing about your exhausting 14 hours days reminded me that i will have to return to mine soon. god, i'm not looking forward to that again, but at least i will only have 2 of them a week instead of 4! look at it this way- at least those hours are for your hobbies and not required for your job!!!
enjoy your cake, babe. :)
Thank you, nicole, for somehow spinning my issues into positive character traits. Sign of a true friend. :)