Your homework for the weekend:
OK, everyone, read this comment and think of other things to say. The discussion will resume on Monday.
I have been avoiding this topic for literally months, but it's sludging back and forth all over my internets right now, so I may as well be connected to the social issues of the day.
I didn't write that comment, mind you; it just neatly encapsulates everything I'd hear back if I bothered to stand the hell up for myself. I make a really good vehicle for other people's insecurity. That's generally how it works.
Here's my super secret project that I've been working on since August 2009, in the privacy of my own head: I refuse to treat myself like crap. I have been slowly pushing the balance back to "neutral." It's hard, and it takes a lot of practice. I'm getting pretty used to it now, though. I recommend it to everyone. It's fun.
So much energy wasted. You have no idea.
I have been avoiding this topic for literally months, but it's sludging back and forth all over my internets right now, so I may as well be connected to the social issues of the day.
I didn't write that comment, mind you; it just neatly encapsulates everything I'd hear back if I bothered to stand the hell up for myself. I make a really good vehicle for other people's insecurity. That's generally how it works.
Here's my super secret project that I've been working on since August 2009, in the privacy of my own head: I refuse to treat myself like crap. I have been slowly pushing the balance back to "neutral." It's hard, and it takes a lot of practice. I'm getting pretty used to it now, though. I recommend it to everyone. It's fun.
So much energy wasted. You have no idea.