I want to talk to Machiavelli, not some counselor
My first thought on logging into the Update Journal page was "Good god, what has LiveJournal done now?" But really, I don't know that it's any uglier than previous incarnations. Just unfamiliar.
I think one obvious key to not becoming hideously stressed out this year is making sure I have enough of my typography homework done, so I'm not scrambling to finish it at lunch. There are plenty of things eating away at me without having to worry about whether I'm ready for critique or not.
I wish I could get some idea of whether this semester is going to be better than the last two, but I think it's still too soon to tell. And of course, I won't be able to relax and decide that things are ok until they're actually over, since I'm convinced that as soon as I stop bracing myself, that's when everything will completely go to hell again. A bad piece of conditioning to have to overcome: don't relax, don't be happy, because the instant you do that, all the people you care about will reject and betray you. No good. In theory, it wouldn't happen every time. In theory.
I think one obvious key to not becoming hideously stressed out this year is making sure I have enough of my typography homework done, so I'm not scrambling to finish it at lunch. There are plenty of things eating away at me without having to worry about whether I'm ready for critique or not.
I wish I could get some idea of whether this semester is going to be better than the last two, but I think it's still too soon to tell. And of course, I won't be able to relax and decide that things are ok until they're actually over, since I'm convinced that as soon as I stop bracing myself, that's when everything will completely go to hell again. A bad piece of conditioning to have to overcome: don't relax, don't be happy, because the instant you do that, all the people you care about will reject and betray you. No good. In theory, it wouldn't happen every time. In theory.