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I would like to start by not apologizing.
It has been awhile since I last posted and I admit that twentytalk was placed on the back burner to simmer while I fried up a three-course meal of 'build a life'.
I moved. And if you have ever done this before, you understand the weeks of mess and confusion. And when the whole plan to label and neatly pack gets trumped by the 'start a new job' card, it's an even more frustrating process of untangling the cords...literally.
So, as mentioned, I started a new job. It's the first time since starting twentytalk that I am back working in an office, full-time, full-throttle.
Wake-up early, work, drive home, try to see friends, see my boyfriend, wake-up, work, and on and on.
But all of this - it's what our lives are like right now. This kind of change happens every day. And we all have that one responsibility, or part of our life, that gets put down for a little while. It's easy to fall off the wagon and spend a lot of time beating yourself up about it. Or if you are pushing yourself to the limit and keeping up with everything, just know that something has to give. Sometimes we get through change by taking it on, but in my experience that usually results in a nasty cold by the end of the push-period. So I propose this - let go of something. Just for a little while. Put something down for just a few weeks, adjust and acclimate (it happens before you know it) and then dive back into the project, the hobby, or the work out.
Skip the guilt, skip the self-pity. Check-in with yourself. Wake up and begin again.
It's good to be back.
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03.16.10
I needed this!! I am going through the same thing: about to start a new job, moving to a new apartment and still taking a full load of graduate classes. My head does want to explode! But this was a great reminder that I can't be/do all things and I shouldn't feel guilty about that.
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