Internet in three days ..
Internet in three days..
Internet in three days and the anticipation and waiting is killing me.
It's been a pretty crazy time in my life. I've been doing project management / engineering stuff for a company that gets subcontract work from the 4 new nuclear power plants going in in the southeast. It's pretty fulfilling to know that the work you're doing is having a direct effect on the viability of the nuclear industry and nuclear safety. My wife is finishing up her business degree in the next few months and I can't wait for her to get a good career job so the money will really be rolling in. I'm also set to start my Master's degree in engineering management this summer, with my job paying for the majority of the cost.
Life's good, dudes
how do i stop being so mad at myself for being stupid, and instead encourage myself to be smart? how do i not beat myself up for mistakes, and look at what i did right positively? because the mistakes are what costs and devastates me, and the positive outcomes are so miniscule and infinitesimal to me that it's like what i should be doing at all times. maybe it's my upbringing. maybe i'm cursed to be mediocre at best and downright embarrassing to everyone involved at worst. maybe i'm burdened with too much shame. either way, i'm sick and tired of being unhappy with slow progress and awful results. i'm sick and tired of trying to analyze myself and fix myself and figure out what went wrong when other people (and i hate comparing myself to other people, i know other people introspect, i know other people work hard to be where they are and i'm just projecting my insecurities and stupid little protective superiority) seem so happy go lucky and don't ever second guess themselves regardless of whether they're wrong or right. i want to be better, and i know it's not instant and i know i have to work hard. but why does it seem like i'm always doomed to fail REGARDLESS of the work and effort i put in?
i shouldn't believe in luck or curses but i feel cursed. and fuck a self-fulfilling prophecy. i can fight the thoughts but i can't fight results.
You could always, you know, get a girl or something like that... if that's what you're into.I think I'm gonna quit masturbating for a while. Or at least stop watching porn. Watched this TED Talk and it's got me all fucked up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku-ACcAhtbo&t=0m58s
maybe pick one up on the way home next to the milk