Comments | eats_plastic: My life = reasonable stress

eats_plastic

My life = reasonable stress

Jan 12, 2005 21:35

This week is just not fun. Nothing about it. All the things that might be fun about it, like doing art or drama or spending time with people I like, are not fun because I either don't have time to do those things or I'm too tired and stressed out to enjoy them. I know that I'm unreasonable in my neuroses, nothing bad is happening to me, and I am ( Read more... )

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bigdaddyduff January 13 2005, 06:07:07 UTC

it would be healthy to take some time and appreciate simple things
like pretty days, or good music, or even just doing nothing.
doing nothing can be very productive.
stress is physically unhealthy, sometimes it helps to put things in perspective. and realize compared to the important things in life, stuff like high school finals or parental expectations shouldn't dictate who you are or what you do.
life isn't about meeting expectations.

I concur earthmuffin13 January 13 2005, 06:58:20 UTC

DITTO! I love being stressed and getting shit accomplished, but breathe. Ana Fox-Hodess, you are so emo about stress sometimes

Ana Darling... earthmuffin13 January 14 2005, 03:38:49 UTC

oh Ana Fox Hodess. you are so important to me. And i really really admire you in so many ways. I love your ambition and wish I could be that driven way myself. But you don't have to be that stressed to be intelligent or sucessful. And as for you not feeling worthy of the life your given, please please don't ever feel that way. It's unfortunate that you even feel you have a privelaged life compared to them. If you're not happy and they are, then your life is not any better. What happened to you today, you call that privelaged? Is that what making the most of your opportunities really is? If some girl living in a hut in the middle of south america saw you in that moment, or saw you getting 6 hours of sleep a night and practically pulling your hair out, would they really wish to have your life? Is it really better than theirs? The trade off is pretty even. Ana, making the most of your life is enjoying it, not sucking the life out of it. You are my favorite person in the world when you're doing art, or drama, or the things you actually ( ... )