Entitled much?
Two t-shirts I've really, really had a hankering to make or find lately:
EXAMINE YOUR WHITE MALE PRIVILEGE
CONTEMPLATE FUCKING ZEN [Which has been my mantra for the past couple weeks; so long as it keeps making me smile instead of twitch, I think I'm good.]
Blah. I've been having professional issues and insecurities the past week or two, don't mind me. And it's all gotten so annoying and stupid and frustrating that driving home tonight I decided to remind myself what I have to be thankful for.
I'm thankful for my parents, my siblings--even if my sister and I don't talk anymore--my nephew. I'm thankful for my job, no matter how temporary it may be. I'm thankful for my education, for having a career instead of just a job to pay the bills, and a career that I love passionately. I'm thankful for my extended family, all the aunts and uncles and cousins who would probably not accept me quite so easily if they knew nearly as much about me as they could but who still love me even with what they do know (and they really do tend to think I'm weird--along with the rest of my immediate family, so). I'm thankful for all the traveling I've been able to do the past few years. I'm thankful for pumpkin pie. (No, really. Carrot cake too.) I'm thankful for being comfortable enough with myself now that so many things that used to be a major psychological and emotional chore are now easy, or at least a lot easier. I'm thankful that I moved here and was able to readjust and find myself again after the Fuck Up Year of 2008. I'm thankful for being busy, and having commitments, and being alive.
And of course, I'm thankful for my friends, including all y'all. I love that I've found old high school friends and seen how they have changed and grown; I love that I still meet up with college friends at least once a year if not more; I love that some of you I've never even met in person and some of you I met first online. I am so very grateful for the opportunities you've shown me, the different ways to think about and engage with the world, all the beauty and joy there is out there.
So, you know, thanks for that.
Have a good Thanksgiving, everyone. Even if it's not your holiday, I hope you have a fabulous Thursday.
EXAMINE YOUR WHITE MALE PRIVILEGE
CONTEMPLATE FUCKING ZEN [Which has been my mantra for the past couple weeks; so long as it keeps making me smile instead of twitch, I think I'm good.]
Blah. I've been having professional issues and insecurities the past week or two, don't mind me. And it's all gotten so annoying and stupid and frustrating that driving home tonight I decided to remind myself what I have to be thankful for.
I'm thankful for my parents, my siblings--even if my sister and I don't talk anymore--my nephew. I'm thankful for my job, no matter how temporary it may be. I'm thankful for my education, for having a career instead of just a job to pay the bills, and a career that I love passionately. I'm thankful for my extended family, all the aunts and uncles and cousins who would probably not accept me quite so easily if they knew nearly as much about me as they could but who still love me even with what they do know (and they really do tend to think I'm weird--along with the rest of my immediate family, so). I'm thankful for all the traveling I've been able to do the past few years. I'm thankful for pumpkin pie. (No, really. Carrot cake too.) I'm thankful for being comfortable enough with myself now that so many things that used to be a major psychological and emotional chore are now easy, or at least a lot easier. I'm thankful that I moved here and was able to readjust and find myself again after the Fuck Up Year of 2008. I'm thankful for being busy, and having commitments, and being alive.
And of course, I'm thankful for my friends, including all y'all. I love that I've found old high school friends and seen how they have changed and grown; I love that I still meet up with college friends at least once a year if not more; I love that some of you I've never even met in person and some of you I met first online. I am so very grateful for the opportunities you've shown me, the different ways to think about and engage with the world, all the beauty and joy there is out there.
So, you know, thanks for that.
Have a good Thanksgiving, everyone. Even if it's not your holiday, I hope you have a fabulous Thursday.