almost the end of the year thoughts
It might be a little early for this since there are still ten more days left in 2006, but I'm doing some thinking about the last year and about how I want to start off the next one, so I figure I might as well do the requisite entry on the subject.
Ten things I learned this year:
If you're itchy all over, you might be allergic to that new kind of soap.
When you sprain something, remember the acronym R.I.C.E. for rest, ice, compress, and elevate.
I have a tendency, which I need to work on, to gravitate towards emotionally unavailable, self-absorbed people, and to try to have non-superficial relatinships with them. Part of this is getting it through my skull that no amount of correct behavior on my part is going to make a big narcissist suddenly become open and emotionally present and stuff.
Hammer-ons are a lot easier than pull-offs.
Sometimes the hardest thing isn't getting the support, approval, love, etc. of others that you wanted; sometimes it's accepting it when they offer it, and trusting that it's real.
Getting upset about things that you hear about people second-hand, especially things they've supposedly said about you, is really pointless and dumb. Though it's hard sometimes when someone is offering you gossip, it's really best to just go on your actual first-hand experiences of people and leave it at that. If you're tempted to engage in that kind of talk, just think about all the dumb things people might have said about you before and shut your ears and/or pie-hole.
On a related note, if somebody's favorite thing to do with you is to talk smack about other people, it's entirely possible they could end up talking smack about you before too long. And even if they don't, they aren't a very good friend.
Graduate school is hard. Procrastinating in that context can really get you into a pickle.
The donuts at Ken's are the best at 1 or 2 in the morning, when they're really fresh. This is particularly good to know if it's late at night and you went out to a show or something by yourself and are feeling lonely and weird and in need of some kind of tasty snack to cheer you up.
People who walk a lot (like me) should invest in good shoes and get rid of them when they have holes on the bottom.
Ten things I'd like to get out of the next year:
Some kind of progress on the whole learning-to-drive thing.
A lot more finished knitting projects than I managed this year. Preferably, at least one completed item for myself and at least one thing designed by me.
Getting back my guitar callouses.
Better work habits at school.
Learning to Navajo ply.
Being less hard on myself.
Doing better about staying in touch with people and initiating plans with my Austin friends.
Less boy-related drama.
A new friend or two, hopefully the kind that will still be around next year.
More cooking at home, less eating frozen crap.
Ten things I learned this year:
If you're itchy all over, you might be allergic to that new kind of soap.
When you sprain something, remember the acronym R.I.C.E. for rest, ice, compress, and elevate.
I have a tendency, which I need to work on, to gravitate towards emotionally unavailable, self-absorbed people, and to try to have non-superficial relatinships with them. Part of this is getting it through my skull that no amount of correct behavior on my part is going to make a big narcissist suddenly become open and emotionally present and stuff.
Hammer-ons are a lot easier than pull-offs.
Sometimes the hardest thing isn't getting the support, approval, love, etc. of others that you wanted; sometimes it's accepting it when they offer it, and trusting that it's real.
Getting upset about things that you hear about people second-hand, especially things they've supposedly said about you, is really pointless and dumb. Though it's hard sometimes when someone is offering you gossip, it's really best to just go on your actual first-hand experiences of people and leave it at that. If you're tempted to engage in that kind of talk, just think about all the dumb things people might have said about you before and shut your ears and/or pie-hole.
On a related note, if somebody's favorite thing to do with you is to talk smack about other people, it's entirely possible they could end up talking smack about you before too long. And even if they don't, they aren't a very good friend.
Graduate school is hard. Procrastinating in that context can really get you into a pickle.
The donuts at Ken's are the best at 1 or 2 in the morning, when they're really fresh. This is particularly good to know if it's late at night and you went out to a show or something by yourself and are feeling lonely and weird and in need of some kind of tasty snack to cheer you up.
People who walk a lot (like me) should invest in good shoes and get rid of them when they have holes on the bottom.
Ten things I'd like to get out of the next year:
Some kind of progress on the whole learning-to-drive thing.
A lot more finished knitting projects than I managed this year. Preferably, at least one completed item for myself and at least one thing designed by me.
Getting back my guitar callouses.
Better work habits at school.
Learning to Navajo ply.
Being less hard on myself.
Doing better about staying in touch with people and initiating plans with my Austin friends.
Less boy-related drama.
A new friend or two, hopefully the kind that will still be around next year.
More cooking at home, less eating frozen crap.