Being Choosy

Centralia, Missouri
June 17, 2016 8:56pm CST
I am trying hard to be choosy. I choosing to try not to read stuff into things that might not be there (aka assuming something means something when I dont ask). I am choosing to try to let thing rolls off my back and not upset me. I am trying to choose to focus on the small victories, and not that there are more losses than victories. I am choosing to amble off from situations that I feel are making things worse for me, even if it's just to another room. I am choosing to try. It's hard. It's not something you do once and then boom, it's all good. And while today went ok, and I was ok until about ten minutes ago. Now I am not. Now I sit here, fighting back tears, and chose to blog here about how I am feeling and then I will choose to go bury myself in a book for awhile. I know when I have hit my limit and need to go pretend the world is perfect and be an ostrich for awhile. I read a book once, about two scarred women. One used to be singer/songwriter, who's cheating husband scarred her bad enough she simply stopped listening to her muse and walked away from music. The other was attacked and raped at a frat party. They met, became friends, and went around being all Robin Hood under the guide of being "Lesbian Assassins" (only one even was a lesbian, and that was never really that important of a factor in the books), blackmailing deadbeat dads into paying child support, running off bullies, etc etc. They never actually killed anyone, amusingly enough. The writer, used to write the most amazing books. Then her own marriage imploded. You can see that in her books, and you can see her healing as the characters heal. I thought I had walked through that already. The whole marriage imploding, falling apart, then rebuilding. Apparently ten odd years ago when my first marriage ended I fell apart, then what I recreated had a bad foundation, or something. I will be honest, I felt like I was taping together shards of myself, and never really got to a place where I felt stable. Now...with life and everything going on, I need that solid foundation....and I realize, I don't think I have one. I am still writing though, but to me, these blogs aren't Writing. Writing to me is a story, a poem, something with Feels. Sometimes I hit that here, and I might hint at it with the weekly poem challenges, but I haven't had a Feels piece in awhile. Not sure I am ready to let that Muse back out.
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@NJChicaa (115622)
• United States
18 Jun 16
these blogs or pieces or whatever you want to call them are just moments in time and letting us get our thoughts out in those moments. . .
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• Centralia, Missouri
18 Jun 16
you are quite right there
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@boiboing (13153)
• Northampton, England
18 Jun 16
As the saying goes, nobody can drive you crazy if you don't had over the keys.
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@DaddyEvil (137251)
• United States
19 Jun 16
I've never heard that before, boiboing! I like it!
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• Centralia, Missouri
18 Jun 16
That's a good reminder
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• United States
18 Jun 16
Take each day as it comes. Don't try to take a week or month at a time. I know it is hard, been there, done that. Still working at it too.
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• United States
19 Jun 16
@Jessicalynnt when we are along with our thoughts the voices can be quite loud.
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• Centralia, Missouri
18 Jun 16
Right, I am also finding that evenings are much worse
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
18 Jun 16
Ah, I can sure feel the feelings when I read these posts of yours... Just keep writing and doing what you choose to do... You know I'm not very good with words, but I'm just trying to say for you to keep strong!
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• Centralia, Missouri
18 Jun 16
I just dont like barfing me out there, my muse likes to slide around in deep lines and vivid undertones, lol
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@Tampa_girl7 (48855)
• United States
18 Jun 16
Sending you hugs and good vibrations. I will say a prayer for you to have peace of mind.
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• Centralia, Missouri
20 Jun 16
thanks, I need all the help I can get
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@josie_ (9764)
• Philippines
18 Jun 16
There's a lot of pent up feeling in this post. We've all been there at one time or another, experiencing the emotional onslaught of anger and denial. We keep telling ourselves to move on yet we cling on to the past. People with good intentions may tell us to learn to forget and forgive. But what do they know of our pain? What if I don't want to forget much less to forgive? I think I've earn that right. So I'll put it in storage among one of those millions of brain cells of mind and take it out once in a while just for the heck of it. Beats popping pills.
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• Centralia, Missouri
18 Jun 16
Very well said. I've worked hard on a mental old crap chest, when I start obsessing over old stuff I can do nothing about, for the gillionth the I try imagining putting it back down in the box, over and over again
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@Rollo1 (16679)
• Boston, Massachusetts
18 Jun 16
Writing can be cathartic, but you can let it all out and still write creative things. Just find your character and let that character feel those emotions and pain.
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• Centralia, Missouri
18 Jun 16
Sometimes that's hard because it makes my feelings too immediate and real again
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@topffer (42156)
• France
18 Jun 16
Nobody knows what future will be. You should be happy with your little daily victories and not worry too much about what will happen tomorrow. Sometimes foundations are looking less solid than they are really : I have seen Roman bell towers with quite no foundations but the buildings are still there after hundreds of years...
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• Centralia, Missouri
20 Jun 16
this is also true, everything we worry about could change and something entirely unexpected happen!
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@Bluedoll (16774)
• Canada
18 Jun 16
Question? Have you ever written a story based on things like you just wrote. I mean specifically a character in the story thinks what you just expressed. All you need to do is add some story background and there it is. Unless of course not being read means you don't want to be.
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• Centralia, Missouri
18 Jun 16
I have written bits with bits in it, but never in depth no, never really thought about it
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@pgiblett (6524)
• Canada
18 Jun 16
Blogs are writing, just as is writing a story, people tend not to be as careful (with spelling, grammar etc.) with blogs, but they should be.
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@pgiblett (6524)
• Canada
20 Jun 16
@Jessicalynnt I write a blog where the theme is all about improving your blog.
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• Centralia, Missouri
20 Jun 16
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• Centralia, Missouri
18 Jun 16
Heh, I am guilty of that
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@LeaPea2417 (36266)
• Toccoa, Georgia
18 Jun 16
I am doing the same thing lately, choosing not to worry about things that are trying to bring me down, and choosing not to worry about things I can't control.
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@LeaPea2417 (36266)
• Toccoa, Georgia
20 Jun 16
@Jessicalynnt Yes, I agree.
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• Centralia, Missouri
20 Jun 16
it's a struggle to keep that up
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• United States
18 Jun 16
Times like this I refer to the Serenity Prayer....God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference. Sometimes I get caught up in trying to change the things that can't be changed
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• Centralia, Missouri
20 Jun 16
I think we all do, and good advice
@just4him (303373)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
18 Jun 16
I know what you mean by not feeling like this is writing. I feel like I'm cheating on my writing when I'm here. You do need to look at and choose the small victories or you will never see them.
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• Centralia, Missouri
21 Jun 16
@just4him prob,you are tied up with housing stresses atm and temperature problems with the pc
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• Centralia, Missouri
20 Jun 16
I just haven't been able to get myself to do what I would consider real writing. Though I feel like I might have some push building. I want to go back to my nano book and start editing it and fleshing it out, just dont ever get up the get up and go to, well go do it
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@just4him (303373)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
21 Jun 16
@Jessicalynnt I've been trying to find the get up and go with Freedom's Cry, but I have a feeling that will really happen after the move.
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@mbabies2 (426)
• United States
18 Jun 16
I am so sorry for the pain you have to go through. I wonder why God let's bad things happen. To good people. I hope you find happiness
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• Centralia, Missouri
18 Jun 16
Free will includes the right to pick bad things to do, bad things done ends up resulting in bad things happening, or so I've always thought
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@mbabies2 (426)
• United States
18 Jun 16
@Jessicalynnt yeh well it still sucks ??
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@psanasangma (5881)
• India
19 Jun 16
You seems maintain your time.. you can really manage to every action keep it up!
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• Centralia, Missouri
20 Jun 16
thanks, I am trying!
@DaddyEvil (137251)
• United States
19 Jun 16
Jess, uhhh... no matter what your topic, your feelings... your emotions at the time come through loud and clear for us... To you, it is mundane.... maybe a trivial effort on your part, but we can see you there... Happy or sad... upset, exasperated or angry... How you feel is definitely there...
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@DaddyEvil (137251)
• United States
20 Jun 16
@Jessicalynnt Yeah, it can take a bit of work to leave the stronger emotions out, but I wasn't suggesting you do that, Jess... I was simply noting the fact. Honestly, when we dump some of the emotional strain into what we are doing, it helps us release some of that strain... That is a good thing! Those little releases help to keep us from having an aneurysm from high blood pressure/stress! (Personally, I prefer to see your emotions in your writing.... Let's just say I like that MUCH better than the alternative, okay?)
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• Centralia, Missouri
20 Jun 16
@DaddyEvil I always felt there is a time and a place for those emotions, and this is deff a good place for em
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• Centralia, Missouri
20 Jun 16
heh, I can button that down so things dont bleed over like that. But it takes effort and work and just didnt have it in me there to try.
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@Morleyhunt (21617)
• Canada
20 Jun 16
Learning to let go can be problematic. We tend to internalize.
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• Centralia, Missouri
20 Jun 16
we can really be our own worst enemies
@paigea (35511)
• Canada
19 Jun 16
That is an interesting way to look at being choosy. I like it. I hope you are able to build that foundation you need. Take care.
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• Centralia, Missouri
20 Jun 16
me too, and I have an appointment with a therapist tomorrow to hopefully find some help in doing so
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@paigea (35511)
• Canada
20 Jun 16
@Jessicalynnt Glad you are taking that important step
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@trivia79 (7828)
• El Segundo, California
20 Jun 16
sometimes, being choosy is good....but when it's too much, it's bad.
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• Centralia, Missouri
20 Jun 16
as with most things, moderation is a good way to look at things
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@RubyHawk (99437)
• Atlanta, Georgia
18 Jun 16
You will get there, just hold on and keep laying that foundation. Books are helpful when you're going through a bad time. Just keep keeping on.
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• Centralia, Missouri
20 Jun 16
books are one of my best friends, and thanks for the encouragment
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• Centralia, Missouri
21 Jun 16
@RubyHawk they are like my dogs, esp my youngest. He is always there no matter how bad my day was
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@RubyHawk (99437)
• Atlanta, Georgia
20 Jun 16
@Jessicalynnt Books will be with you when nobody else is. Just keep working it out.
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