Easy: Finding evidence that always confirms that there is something wrong with me
Hard: Taking that evidence and interpreting it differently to conclude that I am just normal
Easy: To think ”I don’t blog for the comments, I blog for myself”
Hard: Accepting that comments aren’t the alpha and omega of my existence
Easy: Letting my life pass me by
Hard: Grabbing it by the (as my mother says) balls and living it
Easy: Writing
Hard: Writing well
Easy: Talking to my friends
Hard: Talking to my friends about feeling left behind as they get engaged, live with their boyfriends and make plans for their combined futures
Easy: First dates
Hard: Finding someone who I would actually want to have a first date with
Easy: Coming up with the idea for this post
Hard: Coming up with the actual content for this post
Easy: To say “I forgive you”
Hard: To mean it
Easy: To have good intentions
Hard: To put them in practice
Easy: To love
Hard: To be loved in return
What are you finding easy/hard?
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Easy: getting up to go to work
Hard: fighting the urge to turn around and go back to bed
easy: having a boss
hard: having an ass of a boss
easy: shopping
hard: shopping for clothes i can afford
easy: having a dream about a dream job
hard: actually doing it
I can utterly relate to the first easy/hard point that you made. My first thought is always that I’m deficient in some way or another.
Easy: chatting about school issues
Hard: censoring myself about things I really shouldn’t mention
Hard: Talking to my friends about feeling left behind as they get engaged, live with their boyfriends and make plans for their combined futures.
I totally get you on this one! When did everyone decide to get married? Lame, I hate being old.
Easy: Purchasing a plane ticket online.
Hard: Waiting three months for your departure date.
Easy: Being in love.
Hard: Being in love despite that fact that he wears his shoes in the bedroom and clips his nails in the living room.
Easy: Missing people.
Hard: Showing them how much you miss them.
Easy: Moving across the country.
Hard: Having family in your new city who don’t really seem to care that you are there.
I’m with you on the blogging for yourself/comment issue. It’s a constant struggle for many blgogers I think! I have to remember that the amount of comments is not truly representative of the readership. I think that is very true in your case!
Great post! Ummm, lets see:
Easy – Getting to work on time.
Hard – Doing anything remotely productive once at work.
Easy: Spending every dime I Make
Hard: Budgeting
Easy: Sleeping in, nearly all day
Hard: Finding reasons to be motivated.
Easy: Saying that not hearing from him for two days is for the best and the best way to put us behind.
Hard: Convincing myself that my words are true.
Ugh. Boys.
easy- talking to my friends
hard- making enough time to do so
easy- to plan ahead
hard- to follow through with my plans
easy- to get dressed in the morning
hard- to pick what to wear
inspired by queen i have to add this
easy: going to sleep every night thinking that tomorrow i will dress like an elegant/ chic/ put together pr executive
hard: actually doing it
easy – wanting to lose weight
hard – finding the proper meal plan/exercise routine and sticking to it
i like the first date one, very true!
Easy: meeting new people
Hard: actually making something lasting and meaningful out of those aquintances
Hard: Lying awake at dawn worrying and not wanting to get up
Easy: Getting coffee and feeling it work it’s magic
I’m totally on the wavelengths of Georgia, Rose, and Adorably Bitter…
I’m so with you on the say you forgive and actually forgive.
Easy: Taking a waitressing job to pay the bills and stop being a leech on the unemployment system.
Hard: NOT spinning into an abyss of negativity imagining everything that could go wrong, which is why I got out of the service industry in the first place…
Just want to say what a great blog you got here!
I’ve been around for quite a lot of time, but finally decided to show my appreciation of your work!
Thumbs up, and keep it going!
Cheers
Christian,