Chaotic Coffee Klatch (tea also available)

One bad thing about going into the office, I have to wake up 30 minutes earlier. I need all the coffee.
30min is decent. 45min trip for me + what I need to get ready. I might do half of my morning routine during the first coffee break, or still eat breakfast during the first meeting, if I work remotely.
 
My highschool class... Half are abroad, already since uni. Some will probably never return (have married locally), some might.

Many very accomplished people, but that was to be be expected. What wasn't is that I'm not a one of them. Career crashed down, no kids, switched partner several times - most have 1-3 kids in addition to a good or even fancy career. One has even totally renovated an old beautiful house in addition to kids and being a doctor. Another similar one except she was a SAHM for years. Can't brag I'd be among the fit ones either. Got a extra weight along meds, and asthma took care of being fit in another sense.
This may sound cliché; however, it is true: we are all born with strengths, gifts, and talents as well as limitations. We may need a lifetime to identify and cultivate our gifts and talents and work to overcome our limitations. Never measure your value by other’s apparent successes. Others will only show you what they want you to see and not their limitations and struggles.

I say this from my vintage experiences. :) All think you are wise, smart and have a good morals and values. 🤗🤗And that is success!
 
AA man? Can you run down to Zingermans and get some bakery items to go with our coffee?
Oh the best is the fragels from Bagel Fragel shop which is closer to me. Or the original Dexter Bakery that now has opened a bakery around the corner - too much temptation.
 
My highschool class... Half are abroad, already since uni. Some will probably never return (have married locally), some might.

Many very accomplished people, but that was to be be expected. What wasn't is that I'm not a one of them. Career crashed down, no kids, switched partner several times - most have 1-3 kids in addition to a good or even fancy career. One has even totally renovated an old beautiful house in addition to kids and being a doctor. Another similar one except she was a SAHM for years. Can't brag I'd be among the fit ones either. Got a extra weight along meds, and asthma took care of being fit in another sense.
"Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value." Albert Einstein
And who can argue with Einstein hhhmmm?
 
This may sound cliché; however, it is true: we are all born with strengths, gifts, and talents as well as limitations. We may need a lifetime to identify and cultivate our gifts and talents and work to overcome our limitations. Never measure your value by other’s apparent successes. Others will only show you what they want you to see and not their limitations and struggles.

I say this from my vintage experiences. :) All think you are wise, smart and have a good morals and values. 🤗🤗And that is success!
My gifts and talents were apparent in highschool already. My limitations were not... And they have grown, unlike my talents. I even feel my talents have become weaker since uni.

I've lost my dreams on the way. Now I just wish I could live with my Dom without needing to worry about finances, and relatively healthy. Seems like I have only chance to 1/3 in that. The other major parts are escaping me. Unless I win then lottery, that is.
 
You have value and do not doubt that. Sometimes it takes time and opportunity. Be prepared for the Carpe Diem moment.
I have value, but being of value I think is different. All I do is try to survive, I don't have energy for more and even barely for that.
 
My gifts and talents were apparent in highschool already. My limitations were not... And they have grown, unlike my talents. I even feel my talents have become weaker since uni.

I've lost my dreams on the way. Now I just wish I could live with my Dom without needing to worry about finances, and relatively healthy. Seems like I have only chance to 1/3 in that. The other major parts are escaping me. Unless I win then lottery, that is.
*hugs you really tight*
 
My gifts and talents were apparent in highschool already. My limitations were not... And they have grown, unlike my talents. I even feel my talents have become weaker since uni.

I've lost my dreams on the way. Now I just wish I could live with my Dom without needing to worry about finances, and relatively healthy. Seems like I have only chance to 1/3 in that. The other major parts are escaping me. Unless I win then lottery, that is.
Not wise to spend much time in comparisons, but at 60th H S reunion, it's interesting to see how friends turned out. I was recently widowed, and travelled a lot, which made me interesting....who knew? Only a handful of them had done it exactly right.
 
Oh the best is the fragels from Bagel Fragel shop which is closer to me. Or the original Dexter Bakery that now has opened a bakery around the corner - too much temptation.
Fragels are back? Do they still schemer a pound of cream cheese with your order?
 
Not wise to spend much time in comparisons, but at 60th H S reunion, it's interesting to see how friends turned out. I was recently widowed, and travelled a lot, which made me interesting....who knew? Only a handful of them had done it exactly right.
We did the International Baccalaureate. Almost everybody had travelled abroad by the end of HS if not even before even starting. IB is no talent school per se, but it was one of the wanted ones, so in effect our class was well above average.

I'm certainly the first one to be a widow, though not yet in our last reunion. Not many singles it seems. Not that it makes any difference, I wasn't ever the popular one. Now that I know of Asperger's I can understand why, but in my old class I at least feel accepted - they take me as I am. Or, well, as I appeared to be. Have been heavily masking since childhood.
 
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