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Comment on Twentysomething

Lisa Selvaggio — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:15:30 GMT

First off, I want to say thanks for taking the time to read this blog and for commenting - it hardly ever happens, so when it does, especially from someone like you, it's great! :)

Thank you, too, for the words of advice, as they really hit me. I know I need to forge my own way, but, like you said, I have to remain fearless and confident enough to face the uncertainty and the things that I'm afraid of - that's the hardest challenge...never mind this economy!

I totally agree with what you're saying when you wrote: "You can keep doing what you're doing now, remain open to change, and see what life brings you. But sometimes being open isn't enough. What if life brings you nothing?"

I often feel alone in the position I'm in, kind of wishing for someone to just come take me under their wing and guide me, but that doesn't really happen...everyone's out for themselves and you have to figure things out on your own. But that's why your comment, your taking the time to share your input with me, means more than you know, and I thank you again!

Please do keep in touch! :)

Comment on Twentysomething

KLee — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:03:54 GMT

Don't fret. It seems to me in your twenties is precisely when people SHOULD feel lost.

Your belief system has solidified, you're at your peak physically and creatively, and the horizon is but a distant abstraction. The possibilities are so limitless it's paralyzing. And you're wide awake in a rapacious system populated by zombies.

The idea of earning your necessary living doing something you hate is nauseating. You're justifiably afraid that getting paid to do what you love will taint, even subvert it.

To top it off, you have multiple skill sets. You're a generalist in a world enamored of specialists.

You can keep doing what you're doing now, remain open to change, and see what life brings you.

But sometimes being open isn't enough. What if life brings you nothing? You may have to make the changes happen yourself. And that's where the turmoil comes in.

Even at 55, I'm not sure what the difference is between patience and procrastination. But I do know about regretting wasted decades.

For a long, long time, worries like yours were my constant companion. I wanted it all, and couldn't pare away the nonessentials. Finally life did it for me.

I wish I'd had, when I was younger, the courage to question my deepest beliefs. Not that they were wrong . . . which was part of the problem. They were so right that I had no experience ferreting out the few which weren't.

All I can recommend is this: whatever makes you afraid or uncomfortable is what you should focus on.

It's amazingly easy to learn to live with your own contradictions. But when you find your true place, everything makes sense. It becomes one seamless, integrated piece, and life . . . flows (as opposed to being an erratic, irritating drip).

Would I re-live my life differently if I could? You bet! But, still, I'm okay with where I am . . . if only I had another 70 years.

Dramatic changes are easy. Dealing with crisis is easy. It's the day to day struggle that's hard. We dull ourselves to get through it, making our seemingly insignificant day-to-day choices . . . until one day we look back and a path is discernible.

This may sound ridiculous, but what brought it all together for me was politics. Not politics like you see on the tube or read in the paper, but comparing the world we COULD have to the world we DO have, and figuring out for myself what needs to happen to get us there.

Onward and upward, young fiery woman. Be fearless!

Comment on Writer's Block

A Fan — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 23:01:36 GMT

If this is what you can write with writer's block, I can only imagine what you can write when you're inspired!

Comment on Yes, I Am an Animal Activist

Alexis — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 01:59:38 GMT

so... do you like black coffee? :)

nice blog! and yeah that type of discussion IS annoying mostly because most people only gave very little time to think about the issues, how they necessarily (we all are on the same planet) have a connection to it etc WHILE at the same time believing that they have pretty much seen and exhausted the list of arguments to explain it all... anyway... thanks for writing about it!

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