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[taerowyn]

Went to China Palace this weekend with some friends. I don't think I've been there since high school. We ordered drinks from the "Exotic Cocktails" list and discovered that "Exotic" must be chinese for "lots and lots of rum!"

Said goodbye to an old high school buddy. He's off to go backpacking around the Himalayas for seven weeks. How amazing is that? Another high school friend will be moving to Korea for a teaching job. And here I am, spending my days in glamorous Ft. Fun. Those apps to Imperial College and such are looking better and better. Just give me time...oh wait, I have too much of that...patience, I just need patience.

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Patience, young grasshopper

[wlnrover.livejournal.com]

Why do you HAVE to be doing something all the time? Life doesn't always have to be moving straight ahead towards your goals at warp speed. I know you find Fort Collins to be lame, and your journal shows pretty clearly how you feel about your social situation here, and how you are starting to hate your job and all.

But seriously, the more antsy you get the worse it will be. Sit back and enjoy where you are for what it is- and by where you are, I mean your friends, family, job, city, etc. I am not in my career yet, and it's looking like it'll take at least a year or two for me to get there. As "cool" as CP is, it's definitely NOT where I want to go when I get up each morning. But it's okay because I know I'm going to get where I need to be eventually.

Life is allowed to have waiting periods and holding patterns, sometimes years long. They just seem longer if all you can do is hate the waiting.

Re: Patience, young grasshopper

[taerowyn.livejournal.com]

I don't HAVE to be doing something, but I'd definitely prefer it. Almost a whole year has gone by and I have little to nothing to show for it. I do appreciate what I have, but I also know that it's not what I want...or at least, not all that I want.
And, not to be too rude, it's a little easier for you to find contentment when at least when aspect of your life is what you wanted. You are happily married and have somebody to share the good and the bad with.
I do enjoy the good that I have, I just normally vent here about the bad, not always so with the good. But I know what I want, and where I want to be and how to get there, I just also know I have to sit here and twiddle my thumbs for a year or two before that happens. And maybe it's pissy of me to whine about it all the time, but I'm not happy and patience has never been one of my virtues and that's just the way I am.

Re: Patience, young grasshopper

[taerowyn.livejournal.com]

And might I add that I was in a perfectly content mood until I read your comment.

Re: Patience, young grasshopper

[schwa242.livejournal.com]

I don't HAVE to be doing something, but I'd definitely prefer it. Almost a whole year has gone by and I have little to nothing to show for it. I do appreciate what I have, but I also know that it's not what I want...or at least, not all that I want.

You have at least saved up some though for when plans do go underway, so that is something isn't it?

-- Schwa ---