Well, I've got a little programming in my upbringing that I'm trying
to work over as far as insecurities and the like. I think I've done pretty well working to stretch into my 4th decade, though. There is
also the fact that I've turned around a great many personal habits that were valid points to be insecure about, as well. While I may not be at
a perfet spot yet, there would be a steep climb in my rate of
improvement over the last 6-7 years from the background that I'd previously had. It's something to be proud of, and I suspect that that rate is being kept high due to my son. I guess what I'm trying to say
is I don't know if I'll ever quash them and become the Buddha, but I'm doing my best at making sure that I can deal with my insecurities.
Thank you for the well wishings... :) She's continuing to do better,I'm very glad to hear that all went as well as can be hoped for. :)
growing stronger and able to do more things independently again... we
still have to be there just in case, and for the stabilizing hold now
and then... so I'm still taking some shifts of care coverage. When she
went for her followup visit to the surgeon to get the staples removed,
he was quite pleased with her progress, and pronounced it a success.
I used to spend a whole lot more time on some of those web-based networks. It's taken me multiple years, but as my priorities have
changed I've really found that I don't want that time sink either. I find often these days that I'll wake up, and when I first get bored
I'll open some tabs to those different sites. As a little bit of time passes, though, or once I scroll a screenful or three, I find that I could really care less about the content on there, and I don't really have the motivation to add content that I really find meaningful
myself. Those media seem to be the equivalent of background static to
me these days. I find more and more that I'm missing a day, or two, or even three, before I know it, in days that I have those tabs open and sitting and waiting.
These kinds of forums, the text-based ones, I
don't think I'll ever totally unplug from. There's far too much depth
of character and feeling that's expressed here that doesn't work its
way into the different web-based social media as often. I always have
to love being able to jump to a different echo and get my 'cantankerous a-hole' quota of the day with just a couple of keystrokes, too. ;)
My issue lately seems to be more dealing with the world as it has progressed in the decades where I've been too plugged in for too long.
I think back to different eras in my life, particularly when I was
living on some urban property in Jersey, and I remember how easy it was to make an entire neighborhood full of aquaintences within a really
short number of days. You could just walk up the hill and spend an afternoon doing that, with or without a case of beer to share to lube
the communication flow, and before you knew it it was nighttime and you still had half of a block unexplored going in the opposite direction
for the next day. Maybe I'm making up the reasons for this in my head, but I can't help but see social media as being somewhat responsible for this. People think they're a million times more plugged in to the happenings in others lives and the like, but if you put them all in a room what do they do? They all reach for the smartphone and start blogging about what's going on, instead of meeting new people IRL.
I doubt any of us would become the Buddha... but learning how to manage the insecurities is probably useful enough... :)
Progress continues, though slowly... She always has been slow at
bouncing back, anyway... Now we just have to figure out how we are
going to manage her care when we go camping as an extended family...
some will be in tents, some in cabins, so at least we aren't going to
have to worry about how to deal with her in a tent... <G> But there are
a few other logistics still to work out... :)
find meaningful myself. Those media seem to be the equivalent ofFrom what I've seen, there's not a lot of meaningful content... even
background static to me these days. I find more and more that I'm
when meaningful things are being shared...
my 'cantankerous a-hole' quota of the day with just a couple ofAs long as you do it in the appropriate echoes... ;)
keystrokes, too. ;)
You might be just a bit cynical there... but I've seen the same thing, actually... :) It's still possible to meet one's neighbors in person, but it takes more effort, and people aren't nearly so much in evidence
as one walks down the street anymore, either...
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