Wild Goose Chase

[kate_spencer]

I've been thinking a lot about this. What do I feel like I'm always trying to get or achieve and never quie make it?

Obvious choices are my constant battle with my weight and fitness. Finishing my damn Master's. Opening myself up to a relationship.

But then I kept ruminating over the days. I looked at the things I keep trying and getting nowhere

Comments

[karmasoup]

I've learned that a lot of people feel this way. Maybe not due to the exact same circumstances, but I've found that families who are all really close are much rarer than you would expect. I'm sure that doesn't make you feel much better, but having made a close knit family of your friends is a true and rare gift, too. That's special, and I'm glad you have it.

[banana_galaxy]

Sometimes found family is so much better than blood relations. I think you have a good and important mantra. Accepting what we can and can't control makes a world of difference.

[halfshellvenus]

That would be tough-- essentially growing up in a different family from the rest of your family.

Would it help to think of your sisters as being more like cousins? That's similar to the actual circumstances of how you grew up, and might help you not to feel so responsible for something that is mostly beyond all control.