Posted by shar on May 24, 2002, at 1:19:39
In reply to Re: Serious post ... seriously?, posted by kazoo on May 21, 2002, at 0:57:58
Rach,
I think a lot of your wonderings really come down to personal decisions and choices. What will bring meaning and contentment to you is a hard thing to predict very far into the future. As we all know, things can change in a heartbeat. Maybe focusing on what you want to do in the here and now, and having a goal to reach, (or something) is a good approach.Those are very big questions, and hard to truly answer except in the context of what it means to me in my life, you in your life, etc. Nothing too hard and fast there.
My therapist encourages me to view things as experiments...an experiment in intimacy, an experiment in career goals. This sort of gives me a lot of room to try different things, plus knowing it's not a path I have to choose forever and I can stop it when I want, plus there aren't any real mistakes when I'm just trying things on to see how they feel.
As someone else said, I think when it comes to what to do with your life, you can't really be thinking too much about what will please or disappoint others; it's time to think about YOU and what you want. Maybe the first experiment is to try on thinking about YOU, putting yourself first...
Shar
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