There are few things I truly hate about life....

topic posted Wed, October 28, 2009 - 12:19 PM by  offlinejason
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Unfortunately one fo the the things I truly and completely hate is the fact that I seem to go through the same situations over and over until I fully understand the life lesson involved and get everything right (not generally right but perfect).
I am currently looking at the same situation I was living through a year ago. It's like I am living in some weird variation of groundhog day. The only difference is that timemoves forward so that other things other than what I am supposed to figure out still progress on (sometimes with or without me).
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  • Jason, we are learning in the Ireland program that the Irish view life in the state of being liminal. Or being in an in-between place. They also view it as cyclic and not linear! Things happen to bring themselves around again and again.... It may seem difficult at the time we are growing through what I call growing pains, but is helping me deal with this lately is how amazingly resilient the Irish were in the face of cyclic drama. I hate being in a limbo state. It drives me nuts! I want to scream and vent and what I really hate is when people say, "Oh its ok. It will pass." I understand it is meant as a positive, but it pisses me off! lol We each go through our lives with such individuality that is difficult to truly understand someone else's situation.

    So I am not offering a hey, it will get better... But a way of looking at it through the eyes of the Irish. Being liminal is being close to the veil and easier to slip in and out of your spiritual self. I am now looking forward to my growing pains as an opportunity to understand what an entire culture has faced over and over again. So far the only thing we have come across that truly silenced the Irish was the famine. But after even that depressing horrible time in history, they brought back song and dance.... *HUGS*
    • For the longest time I have lived and worked by the premise that "eventually" everything would fall into place. So when bad things happened I would focus my attention away from what was going on consoling myself with the knowledge that as long as I stayed on task "eventually" it would all pay off. Then I got sick and went on disability because of it. This makes it imposible to ignore the crap that goes on from time to time. Now that I have a stable income (though small) keeping my head down and just working toward the future is no longer enough. It was far easier to live through whatever when I had a plan. I knew where I wanted to be (first in 5 years then 10). Having something to work forward to allowed me to be proactive with my choices because I knew where and what I was working for (even though I never got paid in the meantime). no matter how bad an event was it didn't have to effect me (it just happened and then was over) so long as it didn't stop me from making progress.
      All that being said I should point out that after a while I got so focused on "saving myself" with this plan of mine that the original point of doing it was completely lost. I was developing artisitc skills not to be creative but purely to make money and change the way I ended up living. I haven't been creative for it's own sake in quite a while. Creativity is a delicate thing it seems at least for me that too much drama spoils the mood.
      A little less than a year ago someone stole my Portfolio (16 years of my best work). I was devistated to the point of being suicidal (for a couple weeks anyway). It was several months before I started creating again. Within no time at all I got right back into the mindset of gettin paid. I never got back the enthusiasm or energy I had before the theft.
      Strangely it is difficult to break the habit of practicing my crafts.

      So my question is (and the point to this blog being to get outside uninvolved opinions) what do I do now that I no longer need to work to survive. Keep in mind that if I did stay on the path and get a job/make a carrer out of what I have studied (comercial art music and cinematoography) I would no longer be eligable for dissability. I would still be disabled though.

      Almost all the people I know are financially struggling and though they seem to have more than me in some ways I am definately more free then them in others. It occurs to me that I may be seeing the same problems come up again and again because I kept not dealing with things that came up in the past and thus don't have the problem solving skills I might have developed if I hadn't let as much happen without contest.

      So there it is chime in as you will.....
      • So I closed my massage business because I am not a very good business woman. I am caring compassionate person, but when it comes to money I am not good at holding people to the price when I know they cannot afford it. But the thing is I KNEW THAT WAS WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE! I put this in caps cuz its important. I haven't practiced in almost 2 years. While I was practicing it was all I knew. It was all I thought about, all I did. I couldn't be honest with myself either. I squashed the spiritual connection people could have with massage because it was a little woo woo and I did not want to offend my clients. I tried doing it for money and never ever found success.

        After I closed the business, my husband and I went to FW for the first time and I decided to go back to school for Acupuncture. Not because it was really what I wanted to do but I had a direction. It was summer of 08 and I was sitting in the office of my trio counselor when he asked me what I wanted to do. I said I really want to go to Ireland and I laughed. This is the important part Jason. I was joking when I said it but it IS what I really really wanted to do. He looked at me and matter of factly stated that there is in fact a program at Evergreen that offers an Ireland program where they go to Ireland at the end of the program to live for a few weeks. My entire body began to shake.... I am now in the program.

        My point is, as long as you are moving forward.... seeking something... it does eventually fall into place. Its hard work TRUST ME! And I know you are thinking, yeah but she doesn't have a disability. Your right. I don't. But my husband does. He is on social security from a rare genetic birth defect that prevents him from working. As a student he can work himself into a career that eventually will free us of having to rely on the state.

        Ok wheres my point right? Ask yourself, especially at this time of year, where have I been and where do I want to go? Who do I want to be in 5 years? 10 years? What kind of people do I want to be around? What about myself can I improve upon? Its hard.... Its a lot of work... I am exhausted!! But it is so freaking worth it. I am looking around at where I am and thankful beyond anything for the place the Universe has placed me. I know it will be the same for you. You have amazing energy!!! Believe in yourself and know it will work out the way its supposed to. *HUGS* I hope that helps.....
        • Listen to Meo, and maybe make a written list of things that you want in your life; or that you want to change. I know it's old talk, but writing stuff down can sometimes help us direct ourselves better. You sound like a person who used to work with visuals, you should write stuff down, and see if that works.

          It will all work out, it always does. But, it's a cycle, so this won't be the last hard thing you deal with in life. Don't forget to be prepared for what comes after this hurdle, and think of what you may need to do to overcome that. You may be surprised to find that while contemplating that, you've already passed the first difficult hurdle. I dunno really, just some stuff to try. I'll think more on it, in the meantime, we need more opinions in this forum!
          • thank you both for your help. I keep a journal and originally I had writtlen everything down. Not just how I feel but a short history of the last year or so. It was my hope that by putting it down I might be able to see the whole picture better. When I was done it amazed me how extreeme the last year had been. However I had no more of an idea what to do next. So I put the entire thing online in my blog here figuring someone uninvolved and unbiased would see it and give their oppinion.
            The way things are with me physically prevents me from doing what ever I want. I should be able to go to Ireland or Germany if I wanted but I haven't got the stamina to walk more than a couple blocks at a time. I am not going to whine endlessly about what I can't have. It's obvious I have to make peace with my condition. It took a few years for my life to stabalize to the point where I can see what needs to remain and whats not working any more.
            Part of me wants to move to Portland. Another feels like I should still be able to get a job of some sort (perhaps storyboarding for an agency). Another choice is to give it all up again become homeless (purposely) and make myself wander the world for a while. Every time I get cabin fever I seem to forget all the negative aspects of losing a place to live. At best homelessness is boring, there is nothing less appealing than having no where to go when you don't need to be anywhere. Even with money having to be in public constantly/permanently isn't fun.
            If I move to Portland I lose almost a third of my check. I know the cost of living is less there but am not sure if things would balance out financially. Plus there is the weather: is this really the time to be moving to a city I have never lived in before? On the other hand there are plenty of Tribers who live in the area so I would have friends to hang out with (none left here, all the people I know are still strugling with financial issues which makes it almost imposible to relate to them or for them to keep up with me).
            I kinda intended to move to Oregon in March anyway. Basicly when winter is over. So maybe going sooner is an idea anyway.
            I realize this is going to sound strange but it occurs to me that a major par of my problem is that when something bad enough happens where I live it feels exactly the same as beeing homeless. Like somehow even though I have a place to live there is nowhere for me to be and whats worse is the knowledge that I am paying for the privelege. So even though I have a place it ends up feeling like I shouldn't be here either.
            It feels like the equivalent of not having accomplished anything at all.
            As far as what Meo said about working toward the future, I did what she said. Originally I had a plan for 5 and then 10 years. To do it again means starting over, I have no problem with that. However I'd rather not make any of the mistakes I had the first time. One of the biggest was moving back and forth between southern california and Northern nevada for a bunch of years while trying to do college. So if I do move it will be permanently. I therefore need to know that I am completely done with what my life is here and why I came in the first place.

            There is a Company called Storyboards Inc. i am going to try getting a job with them. If that doesn't work or work out if I get it then there is nothiing left here that I couldn't do anywhere else.

            So thats the plan, if all else fails i go North !!!
            • Re: There are few things I truly hate about life....

              Fri, October 30, 2009 - 10:48 AM
              Well, to me it sounds like if you are contemplating wandering, or something similar. Then there is really no problem with losing a 1/3 of your check when you move, as you won't be needing much to live on anyway. But, I dunno, there is likely another take on that. I personally like the rain, and wouldn't have any problem moving during the winter. That is due to me living up here my whole life thus far, proly, though.

              If things don't work out down there, ultimately I believe there is no problem with moving up to Eugene / Portland if you can work it out. Eugene is closer to Faerieworlds though, hehe. Either way, you seem familiar with moving around, so I see no problem with trying it out up here. Sounds like down there it isn't working as you want currently.

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