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Actually that's my mood, quite clear in NYC today.



Worried. And everything just aches. My mind, my spirit, my head. The world feels bright and hard and uncompromising and I wonder why I'm in it, what place I have, and am I more than a well that people keep throwing pennies in? I desperately want to seal up the well. Tired of worrying about depleting my finances over and over and over again. Of worrying if I'll ever be able to thank my friends who've given me so much with more than words and hugs and electronic thank yous. I worry about being seen as a pathetic leech. And I worry that my future is a dank and dismal and lonely one.

Volunteer work was frustrating. Filing always is by the way. Paper cuts on the fingers, dust in the nose, no wonder I have a headache. Slugged back to the train after managing to transfer files between two cabinets and inserting the loose files sitting on one of the cabinets. My good deed for the week - considering not being paid for this. Wish I at least enjoyed it. I don't. But it looks good on a resume - means I'm doing something. Being a productive member of society.

Have an overwhelming desire to vent, but keep editing myself.
What gets to me right now - is I feel as if I've been split in two ...the fangeek girl and business woman/professional and somewhere along the way I lost the biz woman - the gal with the confidence, the answers, and the muse and I'm stuck with the geeky girl who escapes into science fiction and fantasy, comics, movies, gets interested in TV biz, and writes/reads fanfic and essays. I want the other one back. I want to make money again. I want to feel sucessful and financially independent. Confident. Like I matter. Take people out to dinner or at least cover my share. I want to be able to buy nice birthday gifts. And X-Mas gifts. I want to feel worthwhile. And I find it sad that so much of my self-worth seems to be based on whether I have a decent paying job.

Date: 2004-07-07 08:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] graffitiandsara.livejournal.com
It's unfortunate how much of our self worth is connected to our jobs. I think that it's a common problem and all I can say that you're not pathetic and you're not a leech, and I just wish life wasn't so difficult sometimes. I know that I'm just one data center in India away from being in tough straits myself. I know it doesn't help but we know this isn't a problem with you. I know it doesn't help but I'm sure that you're future is going to be better. And I know this doesn't help but I have confidence that you'll be there to give me the support when (no if here) I need it, which will be waaaayy better than thank yous.

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