Sep 30, 2006 01:02
I'm pretty much feeling like i'm finally getting back to myself after quite some time in social seclusion. I've started socializing again and starting to reconnect with people. It makes me feel good to think that I can still be happy and enjoy friends and interact normally after all the crises over the past year or so.
I basically eliminated people from my life who were making me feel bad about myself, whether it be in an indirect way or not. I mean, there's a way of being candid with your friends and sometimes we need the brutal truth, but there is no need for people who constantly have a way of making you question yourself and feel shameful.
I don't smoke cigarettes anymore (note to people who may see me with a cigarette in my hand in the future: I'm wasted). If i'm smoking it means i'm inebriated and i probably shouldn't drive.
Working in a lab where I'm not running around all day - as I was previously while waiting tables - has put about 10 unwanted pounds on me. I'm discovering that it's really important to go to the gym consistently and carefully consider what you eat when you've got a stationary job.
I've gotten off of the birth control pill. I was on it for about 2 and 1/2 years. I was insane, and am still slightly insane but am back to the normal level of insanity as opposed to the heightened birth control level of insanity. It is AMAZING how one little pill, taken daily over time, can make you a totally different person.
Next step to self improvement is getting credit card bill paid off. This will take quite some time and persistence about budgeting, but I believe I can do it.
Hope everyone is well.