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I've spent the last few months feeling intermittently pissed off and depressed about my current situation.
I was talking to my mom about it today in the kitchen, and she's repeated to me over and over that feeling sorry for myself is unproductive. She also points out that I'm doing better than so many other people, academically as well as financially, that I should try to be proud of what I've done.
I've finally heard her. I just don't have it in me to keep up this bitterness. A lot has still managed to work out for me: writing for the Oregon Encyclopedia, this publication, and ideas for yet another scholarly article...I can't stay pissed.
I was talking to my mom about it today in the kitchen, and she's repeated to me over and over that feeling sorry for myself is unproductive. She also points out that I'm doing better than so many other people, academically as well as financially, that I should try to be proud of what I've done.
I've finally heard her. I just don't have it in me to keep up this bitterness. A lot has still managed to work out for me: writing for the Oregon Encyclopedia, this publication, and ideas for yet another scholarly article...I can't stay pissed.