just a moment of emo, thx

[moominmolly]

This weekend was my first time visiting Open Studios, ever. I never wandered around it before trying to exhibit, and then later I got caught up in my crazy portrait experiment. But I needed a year off. I flirted with this last year, taking an hour to go visit Vernon Street with longueur, and this year I just took the whole damn weekend. And it was great! I

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[eestiplika]

<3 <3 <3

[dancingwolfgrrl]

No matter; I'll do what I can. I'll try again. I'll be good to myself, and keep trying [...]

I am terrible at this exact thing -- my totalitarian nature hates getting back on the horse -- and therefore admire this about you. I hope the growing is as easy and fruitful as it can be.

[arachne8x]

I have been working on my hoop skills and watched the Hoopnotica dvd. The people on the dvd told me that hooping is something that takes practice and not to let a negative inner monologue get me down. I developed some bruises in the practice and it's apparently important not to hoop on bruises. I am listening to the suggestion on the dvd and not letting a negative inner monologue to get me down... I'm practicing with an imaginary hoop to develop strength, and I'm looking forward to when the bruises are gone.

This is my way of saying, I know some of what you are going through. I've been feeling brittle and burnt out. I've been doing more bingey eating (something I don't do usually at all). And I know that the way forward is taking care of myself, taking baby steps, getting up again when I fall, and being gentle with myself. But it is hard to do so. Every time I fall I wonder how I'm going to get back up this time.

So I'm listening too. And I am hearing you. I'm glad you are working through these things and being kind to yourself.

[chienne_folle]

I'm sorry to hear that you've been feeling closer to the edge lately; I know that sucks majorly. But I love it that you're thinking of it as a growth spurt; that's such a great way to look at it. I hope that once this period of change is over, you'll feel better.

*hug*

[chenoameg]

"It feels like being on the cusp of a Big Change. It feels like a growth spurt looks like, when my kid goes through them. Suddenly everything is huge; tomorrow, maybe I'll be someone else. I worry, of course, that in the meantime I'm shortchanging everyone and everything"

I feel so much this.

[gosling]

Me too.