It's my birthday soon. I don't know about you guys, but I have trouble with birthdays. I can't seem to associate the age my birthdate tells me I am, with how I feel inside my head.
I was writing a short story, the subject matter of which helped me to realise some of the reason why that is. And I know my character helps with some of it too - I'm usually a glass half full kind of girl.
But I struggle with the rest.
I feel that I have accomplished little.
That I have yet to fully grow up.
That I have no clear idea of what lies ahead, which by now, let's face it, should be well defined.
I think back and can't understand where the years have gone to. In fact, I am in shock when I count how many years I have been away from home.
Can it really be that I have drifted for so long?
Does anyone else feel so displaced?
Does it matter, even? Maybe it is good to feel forever young.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Relax
How do you relax?
Do you see a change of pace, activity, scenery as your way to relax?
Must you be doing nothing, or be out partying?
Do you curl up with a book and block out reality?
Do you cook up a storm? Go for a drive? Sing out loud?
We all have our own way to relax. And we relax differently depending on what we want to relax.
We relax our soul, our mind, our bodies in different ways at different times.
But ultimately, however we do it, for whatever reason, do it we must. For without the relaxation, the all-important recharging and energizing cannot happen and then life simply won't go on.
Think about it :)
Do you see a change of pace, activity, scenery as your way to relax?
Must you be doing nothing, or be out partying?
Do you curl up with a book and block out reality?
Do you cook up a storm? Go for a drive? Sing out loud?
We all have our own way to relax. And we relax differently depending on what we want to relax.
We relax our soul, our mind, our bodies in different ways at different times.
But ultimately, however we do it, for whatever reason, do it we must. For without the relaxation, the all-important recharging and energizing cannot happen and then life simply won't go on.
Think about it :)
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Sharing or Cyberstalking
We all hear about the real cyberstalking - but how do you feel about the type that is personal?
Take, for example, an ex reading the things that you post on twitter or fb.
Or a parent 'following' their child?
Or a fan their favourite celebrity?
To the reader, they are merely reading what interests them, with, in their mind, permission from the person posting.
Yet to the person who posted, they may feel that you are stalking them. That you reading their every post is too intrusive. That you have moved beyond sharing to obsessing.
It's a fine line, isn't it?
Happy New Year.
Take, for example, an ex reading the things that you post on twitter or fb.
Or a parent 'following' their child?
Or a fan their favourite celebrity?
To the reader, they are merely reading what interests them, with, in their mind, permission from the person posting.
Yet to the person who posted, they may feel that you are stalking them. That you reading their every post is too intrusive. That you have moved beyond sharing to obsessing.
It's a fine line, isn't it?
Happy New Year.
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