Thread: I just want to...

Take it easy, bud... Give yourself a little distraction. Go do something you probably never or rarely do, like catch a movie or 2, grab your shorts and hit the local swimming pool or gym for an hour or two...

Usually doing something a little physical helps. Don't go overboard and try to bench 300 Lbs on your 1st night at the gym or something.... Just try something distracting, safe, cheap and preferably physical...

This is a prety stressful or hectic time of year anyway, so just toss the carputer stuff in the closet until after Christmas or until the New Year.... It'll wait... and so will we

Hope my .02 helps

~Michael

BTW, I just read your website, and although you've had your share of snags along the way, (haven't we all...) you actually had some pretty good successes, so don't be too hard on yourself

[ 12-04-2001: Message edited by: dos4who? ]

lstrunk: your college woes sound the same as mine. my freshman year i was in Computer Science but i struggled so bad with programming that i changed my major to Computer Engineering. CE is more technical and even though it does a minimal amount of programming, at least its not 100% programming. You might want to consider Computer Engineering an option. I know there arent a lot of schools out there that offer it. Only 8 schools here in Illinois do.

I know exactly how you feel. My life for the last 21 years has always been 1 step forward and 10 steps back. No matter what I do, it blows up in my face (sometimes literally ). This is true with computers, relationships, cars...basically everything I do.

The way I deal with it is threefold:
1. I don't care. It's easier said than done, but it does work. If you don't care, it's really difficult for something to bother you.
2. Sarcasm and humour. Inappropriate humour is a great release, but can serve to alienate you from most of society. But since you are using Method #1, that doesn't really matter.
3. Target sports. Archery, sport rifle, laser tag, etc. Need I say more?

I know what you are going through....

Last night I found out that my girlfriend has been cheating on me, so I went to see a friend for someone to talk to and vent a little bit. She promptly told me to **** off which sent me even lower. So I ended up going on a bender last night which caused me to miss an exam this morning.

life is just peachy, dont you think?