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I feel so confused about myself. I'm not sure what I want to do. Yesterday, I turned 25 and I definitely hit my quarter-life crisis. I don't enjoy teaching and don't devote as much time to it as I've seen others. I love writing, but haven't been writing the way that I used to write. I finished my novel and have started two other short stories and am helping someone edit short stories for the second anthology of their book on lesbian writings, but I don't have much time for these things ... not as much time as I would like to have. I want to be a stay-at-home-mom, but I'm not sure it's financially feasible. I want to move out of this apartment and live on some farm somewhere, but that's not going to happen. I feel yucky and confused, which doesn't feel good. I don't want to feel blue; I don't like feeling blue, and I don't want to slip into a depression because it suck if I didn't fully enjoy my time with my husband and daughter, but I feel so down. I can't explain it and I don't know what next steps I can take to fully feel better. I've been feeling like this for longer than I would like, and I'm starting to get scared that it's depression. I've lost interest in teaching, but I never had a ton of interest in it anyway ... hopefully I don't lose interest in my writing. I just need to get up and make things happen, right? I need to just go ahead and try new things because I'll never know if I could be happier unless I try to change the things that are making me unhappy. I just wish I knew what to do to be happier.
3 Comments on Who am I?
GoonieMomma - Monday, 20 Apr
I think it's really easy to start defining yourself as a mom, to the point of not realizing you're a whole person, defined by millions of nouns and adjectives. It's a "silly" exercise, but I heard that by listing the 10 things about yourself, you really create a distinct profile. For instance: new mother, married, Madisonian, breastfeeder, cloth diapering parent, runner, research scientist, graduate degree, gardener, do-it-yourselfer. Don't let motherhood claim you; claim IT!
tto - Monday, 2 Mar
Hey! Sorry you're feeling blue! I'll write more later when I have more time. We got your letters. Brenda's was returned to us for insufficient address. Will send that again soon. I got a new student- fairly low. His name is Trevor, so now I have 17. How many do you have?
stcy2113 - Sunday, 22 Feb
You might just have the baby blues, post pard depression, I went throught feeling the same way, talk to your dr about how you are feeling. Hope it gets better!
| 22-2-2009 - Who am I? |  My mood while writing this blog:Down |
I feel so confused about myself. I'm not sure what I want to do. Yesterday, I turned 25 and I definitely hit my quarter-life crisis. I don't enjoy teaching and don't devote as much time to it as I've seen others. I love writing, but haven't been writing the way that I used to write. I finished my novel and have started two other short stories and am helping someone edit short stories for the second anthology of their book on lesbian writings, but I don't have much time for these things ... not as much time as I would like to have. I want to be a stay-at-home-mom, but I'm not sure it's financially feasible. I want to move out of this apartment and live on some farm somewhere, but that's not going to happen. I feel yucky and confused, which doesn't feel good. I don't want to feel blue; I don't like feeling blue, and I don't want to slip into a depression because it suck if I didn't fully enjoy my time with my husband and daughter, but I feel so down. I can't explain it and I don't know what next steps I can take to fully feel better. I've been feeling like this for longer than I would like, and I'm starting to get scared that it's depression. I've lost interest in teaching, but I never had a ton of interest in it anyway ... hopefully I don't lose interest in my writing. I just need to get up and make things happen, right? I need to just go ahead and try new things because I'll never know if I could be happier unless I try to change the things that are making me unhappy. I just wish I knew what to do to be happier.
3 Comments on Who am I?
GoonieMomma - Monday, 20 Apr
I think it's really easy to start defining yourself as a mom, to the point of not realizing you're a whole person, defined by millions of nouns and adjectives. It's a "silly" exercise, but I heard that by listing the 10 things about yourself, you really create a distinct profile. For instance: new mother, married, Madisonian, breastfeeder, cloth diapering parent, runner, research scientist, graduate degree, gardener, do-it-yourselfer. Don't let motherhood claim you; claim IT!
tto - Monday, 2 Mar
Hey! Sorry you're feeling blue! I'll write more later when I have more time. We got your letters. Brenda's was returned to us for insufficient address. Will send that again soon. I got a new student- fairly low. His name is Trevor, so now I have 17. How many do you have?
stcy2113 - Sunday, 22 Feb
You might just have the baby blues, post pard depression, I went throught feeling the same way, talk to your dr about how you are feeling. Hope it gets better!
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