I used to panic. Now I just get fucking weary.
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millieteases
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Maybe it's age, maybe it's perspective, maybe it's just being tired of the same old...
shyybabe
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I think its a phase of the moon or something for me. I haven't felt the bite of panic for awhile now but know it will return next month when its time to go back to court. I'm kind of enjoying the break from it but the sadness hasn't gone away either .
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sigh said:
Not AGE, but experience and possibly training.
Panic is a reaction to the unknown; as you gain experience and additonal training, panic is no longer appropriate.
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Pressing sigh's nipples.......Oops I thought they were the panic buttons........
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Too old??????
At 27??????
I'm 48 and still get surprised, frustrated, sad, pissed, agrivated, stressed, amazed and awed!
It's not age, I think it's trust in our fellow human beings!
Don't get me wrong, I have seen and experienced a lot of things in life! Some good and some bad! It all comes out in the wash!
That's life!
"Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you get, Ginny" F. Gump
At 27??????
I'm 48 and still get surprised, frustrated, sad, pissed, agrivated, stressed, amazed and awed!
It's not age, I think it's trust in our fellow human beings!
Don't get me wrong, I have seen and experienced a lot of things in life! Some good and some bad! It all comes out in the wash!
That's life!
"Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you get, Ginny" F. Gump
april-wine
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Hmmmm, now this is an interesting thought.....The border ain't that far honey.........
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Re: Too old??????
I get all those things too. I just don't experience the shrill edge of panic anymore. These days it's more like I just roll my eyes, then roll with the punches. Personally, I think it has to do with being a mom for 11 of those 27 years. It builds in a sort of buffer, an ability to absorb just about anything.
I feel like a bison. I lower my head and plod along.
(Alright, a very small bison, but the image isn't far off.)
#1tankcomander said:At 27??????
I'm 48 and still get surprised, frustrated, sad, pissed, agrivated, stressed, amazed and awed!
I get all those things too. I just don't experience the shrill edge of panic anymore. These days it's more like I just roll my eyes, then roll with the punches. Personally, I think it has to do with being a mom for 11 of those 27 years. It builds in a sort of buffer, an ability to absorb just about anything.
I feel like a bison. I lower my head and plod along.
(Alright, a very small bison, but the image isn't far off.)
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Re: Too old??????
I agree with you numero uno Tank commander, As I have gotten older ( I refuse to say age); I have mellowed in how I respond to most things in life. I think it's realizing that in certain circumstances, I have no conrtol of the outcome and it's not worth it for me to get worked up about them any longer. Accept it and move on, is what I do now. I'm not saying that those things don't bother me, only that I know that I can't change them and so what's the point in me concentrating on them any longer?
Life is far too short to worry over crap we have no control over. Live, love, and laugh today as much as possible; Tomorrow is another day!
#1tankcomander said:At 27??????
I'm 48 and still get surprised, frustrated, sad, pissed, agrivated, stressed, amazed and awed!
It's not age, I think it's trust in our fellow human beings!
Don't get me wrong, I have seen and experienced a lot of things in life! Some good and some bad! It all comes out in the wash!
That's life!
"Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you get, Ginny" F. Gump
I agree with you numero uno Tank commander, As I have gotten older ( I refuse to say age); I have mellowed in how I respond to most things in life. I think it's realizing that in certain circumstances, I have no conrtol of the outcome and it's not worth it for me to get worked up about them any longer. Accept it and move on, is what I do now. I'm not saying that those things don't bother me, only that I know that I can't change them and so what's the point in me concentrating on them any longer?
Life is far too short to worry over crap we have no control over. Live, love, and laugh today as much as possible; Tomorrow is another day!
floridaguy64
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Re: Re: Too old??????
I feel the same way... at 39 now, I just say screw it to situations that used to piss me off to no end... Now if I could only sleep an entire night away anymore.
Today's almost gone... Tomorrow is an illusion.
MY-Sir's-k- said:
I agree with you numero uno Tank commander, As I have gotten older ( I refuse to say age); I have mellowed in how I respond to most things in life. I think it's realizing that in certain circumstances, I have no conrtol of the outcome and it's not worth it for me to get worked up about them any longer. Accept it and move on, is what I do now. I'm not saying that those things don't bother me, only that I know that I can't change them and so what's the point in me concentrating on them any longer?
Life is far too short to worry over crap we have no control over. Live, love, and laugh today as much as possible; Tomorrow is another day!
I feel the same way... at 39 now, I just say screw it to situations that used to piss me off to no end... Now if I could only sleep an entire night away anymore.
Today's almost gone... Tomorrow is an illusion.
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Re: Re: Re: Too old??????
SLEEP THE ENTIRE NIGHT AWAY??!
Lol, that's something I haven't done since I transfered to a different position at work. I go to work now at the same time I used to be going to bed! I wake up at the same time even on my days off.
I think that either tomorrow's a delusion, or am I delusional???
All joking aside though, I can't allow stress to keep me awake at night. I value my rest too much and my body needs that down time to regenerate for my next shift at the salt mines. Only wish I could stop thinking so much when I'm at work.
floridaguy64 said:
SLEEP THE ENTIRE NIGHT AWAY??!
Lol, that's something I haven't done since I transfered to a different position at work. I go to work now at the same time I used to be going to bed! I wake up at the same time even on my days off.
I think that either tomorrow's a delusion, or am I delusional???
All joking aside though, I can't allow stress to keep me awake at night. I value my rest too much and my body needs that down time to regenerate for my next shift at the salt mines. Only wish I could stop thinking so much when I'm at work.
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My teenage years were fraught with panic, as I imagine most are. Imagine, though, if you could go back now and face your teenage years with your current worldview (and, more inportantly, selfview). The drama that once seemed positively Shakespearean would now look Laurel & Hardy-an. Insults that wounded you to the core would now cause you to chuckle mildly. Fear and loathing would be mostly replaced by a wry bemusement.
