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Reinventing yourself

Geekbabe

Geekbabe

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Anybody ever do a complete life makeover, you know change your job,your hair,how you eat and how you live? Lol,I've gone thru so many changes in the past 18 months my head is spinning.I don't look or feel at all the same anymore.
 
I'm not all that good at being what I am now, so I don't think it would be wise for me to become something I'd be even worse at. 🙂
 
A year ago at this time, I was a married stay at home mom of three, and had been for over ten years. Now, I am a seperated (soon to be divorced) mom, who works full time, and has her own home, income, and life. So yeah, I think things have changed for me just a tad. 😀
 
Originally posted by: TheEvil1
no.

I am what I am. and that all ill ever be.
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Lol,it's not like that, I don't think base personality can be changed that much,it's just that I'm moving out of one life stage into another,going from having dependent kids into being back on my own,free to do whatever it is I want to do.Lol, I feel sort of like a middle aged teenager 🙂
 
no... i tried that... but somehow i always end up back at the crab. good old crab.
 
Originally posted by: GirlFriday
A year ago at this time, I was a married stay at home mom of three, and had been for over ten years. Now, I am a seperated (soon to be divorced) mom, who works full time, and has her own home, income, and life. So yeah, I think things have changed for me just a tad. 😀
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Ohhh girl,I remember those days,I worked 3rd shift too,just like you.Take care of yourself,be sure to get enough sleep 3rd will make you depressed and nuts if you don't.
 
No! Change is EVIL! No change! Never change!

*rocks back and forth in fetal position mumbling "no change"*

ZV 😉
 
Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
No! Change is EVIL! No change! Never change!

*rocks back and forth in fetal position mumbling "no change"*

ZV 😉
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nah,change is the chance for opportunity!
 
am what I am. and that all ill ever be.
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Popeye the Sailor Man! Well I think you're fundamentally the same person after your early 20s (or whenever you reach that pillar of maturity). Surely you can tweak here and there afterward but unless you started on the Dark Path early in life you're not gonna change much.
 
At the begginning of this year (my senior year) I changed alot. First I stopped drinking pop, and switched to Orange Juice only. Next I started to eat my healthy. (Im completely healthy to begin with, 5'9 140 pounds) Then I stopped swearing, and stopped listening to rap music. Then I became alot more religious. Then I became alot more goal orientated, and stopped worrying about what other people thought of me, and started dressing/acting the way I wanted. Who knows whats next, but so far its all been for the better.
 
Yes I have totally changed some of the minor things about me. When I hurt my back and started going to college I used my first name instead of my initials. Worked different type of jobs than I used to. Changed the people I hung around. I like the newer me. Then again the old me wasn't to bad either.
 
Overnight I went from the desolate, defoliated jungle, fighting and killing to stay alive, to being a civilian who was not allowed to react in the way he had been trained. I changed, though. It only took 15 years with the love and understanding of a very good woman. I call that "reinventing" yourself.
 
Originally posted by: HappyPuppy
Overnight I went from the desolate, defoliated jungle, fighting and killing to stay alive, to being a civilian who was not allowed to react in the way he had been trained. I changed, though. It only took 15 years with the love and understanding of a very good woman. I call that "reinventing" yourself.
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[EDIT] Realised that you were talking about 'Nam. Sorry for the joke. [/EDIT]

nah,change is the chance for opportunity!
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Geekbabe, a woman would say something like that. 😉

ZV
 
Just call me Madonna... 😀


I would have to say that part of my growth as a human being has included regular epiphanies and 'shedding of old skin'.

And I believe that the best is yet to come...
 
Originally posted by: HappyPuppy
Overnight I went from the desolate, defoliated jungle, fighting and killing to stay alive, to being a civilian who was not allowed to react in the way he had been trained. I changed, though. It only took 15 years with the love and understanding of a very good woman. I call that "reinventing" yourself.
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I've never served in the military, but I needed changes. It is taking a while, but I have time. Hope everything is working out for you. Happy Puppy

 
Originally posted by: Willoughbyva
Originally posted by: HappyPuppy
Overnight I went from the desolate, defoliated jungle, fighting and killing to stay alive, to being a civilian who was not allowed to react in the way he had been trained. I changed, though. It only took 15 years with the love and understanding of a very good woman. I call that "reinventing" yourself.
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I've never served in the military, but I needed changes. It is taking a while, but I have time. Hope everything is working out for you. Happy Puppy
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I now have a nice home with a fantastic wife, two children, two dogs and I no longer explode in a way that causes physical damage to anyone around me.

I'm doing just fine, thank you.

 
Originally posted by: Geekbabe
Anybody ever do a complete life makeover, you know change your job,your hair,how you eat and how you live? Lol,I've gone thru so many changes in the past 18 months my head is spinning.I don't look or feel at all the same anymore.
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what changes did u go thru. and how did u go about convincing yourself to do it?

I want to change, but i can't seem to
 
I dunno. Change gets in the way sometimes.

It weighs your pockets down, and if you have a celly and keys in there, can seriously disrupt your waistline equilibrium.

But it does come in handy for parking meters.

 
Originally posted by: schizoid
I dunno. Change gets in the way sometimes.

It weighs your pockets down, and if you have a celly and keys in there, can seriously disrupt your waistline equilibrium.

But it does come in handy for parking meters.
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