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"yellow river" |
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24 Jan 2005 11:42:51 PM |
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another empty, meaningless day has passed |
when i'm at work, i often become completely absorbed by my work,
extremely focused, confident, and very productive, working by myself. i
almost feel happy. i can forget that i have nothing besides work to live
for.
when i'm home, it's more difficult to forget reality. sure, i'm glad
that i'm doing ok at work, because that will keep the paychecks coming,
but life still feels empty and meaningless. i feel like the greatest
loser on earth, the loneliest person on earth.
maybe if i could just get away from crapifornia, it would get better?
- yellow river, the greatest loser
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| User: "John Smith" |
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| Title: Re: another empty, meaningless day has passed |
25 Jan 2005 05:41:31 PM |
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"yellow river" <huangmYR@YRearthYRlink.netYR> wrote in message
news:v%kJd.5118$r27.4593@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net...
when i'm at work, i often become completely absorbed by my work, extremely
focused, confident, and very productive, working by myself. i almost feel
happy. i can forget that i have nothing besides work to live for.
when i'm home, it's more difficult to forget reality. sure, i'm glad that
i'm doing ok at work, because that will keep the paychecks coming, but
life still feels empty and meaningless. i feel like the greatest loser on
earth, the loneliest person on earth.
maybe if i could just get away from crapifornia, it would get better?
- yellow river, the greatest loser
Reminds me of cognitive dissonance -- what ppl. do to get relief from
cognitive dissonance is to find a way to be distracted. For you it sounds
like work. For most folks it's the newspaper, or tv, or getting high on
coffee, or beers, or spectator sports... anything that works. To learn more
visit
http://www.anxietyculture.com/ratmaze.htm
Incidentally, folks here in the midwest always think that if they could just
get out of the midwest and to some place like California... I'm not speaking
to you personally, but in my experience it's always someone who has a
personality that creeps out others; they assume that the fault must lie with
the others and that it must be the geographical location. Even really smart
ppl. think this. Astonishing. More than one kind of smarts, I guess.
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| User: "%" |
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| Title: Re: another empty, meaningless day has passed |
24 Jan 2005 11:55:55 PM |
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"yellow river" <huangmYR@YRearthYRlink.netYR> wrote in message news:v%kJd.5118$r27.4593@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net...
: when i'm at work, i often become completely absorbed by my work,
: extremely focused, confident, and very productive, working by myself. i
: almost feel happy. i can forget that i have nothing besides work to live
: for.
:
: when i'm home, it's more difficult to forget reality. sure, i'm glad
: that i'm doing ok at work, because that will keep the paychecks coming,
: but life still feels empty and meaningless. i feel like the greatest
: loser on earth, the loneliest person on earth.
:
: maybe if i could just get away from crapifornia, it would get better?
:
: - yellow river, the greatest loser
oh no , not so fast , you're not stealing my title that easy ,
you said i'm the greatest loser so were you lying when you said that or are you lying now ?
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| User: "Alan Harding" |
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| Title: Re: another empty, meaningless day has passed |
25 Jan 2005 01:10:24 AM |
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In message <v%kJd.5118$r27.4593@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
yellow river <huangmYR@YRearthYRlink.netYR> writes
when i'm at work, i often become completely absorbed by my work,
extremely focused, confident, and very productive, working by myself. i
almost feel happy. i can forget that i have nothing besides work to
live for.
when i'm home, it's more difficult to forget reality. sure, i'm glad
that i'm doing ok at work, because that will keep the paychecks coming,
but life still feels empty and meaningless. i feel like the greatest
loser on earth, the loneliest person on earth.
maybe if i could just get away from crapifornia, it would get better?
Moving to leave depression behind is considered to be a Bad Idea. All it
does is give you somewhere new to be depressed in, and cost you money.
Oh, and lose you some more hope.
--
The opinions given above may be mine. They might also
just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?
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| User: "Charles" |
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| Title: Re: another empty, meaningless day has passed |
24 Jan 2005 11:48:05 PM |
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On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 05:42:51 GMT, yellow river
<huangmYR@YRearthYRlink.netYR> wrote:
when i'm at work, i often become completely absorbed by my work,
extremely focused, confident, and very productive, working by myself. i
almost feel happy. i can forget that i have nothing besides work to live
for.
when i'm home, it's more difficult to forget reality. sure, i'm glad
that i'm doing ok at work, because that will keep the paychecks coming,
but life still feels empty and meaningless. i feel like the greatest
loser on earth, the loneliest person on earth.
maybe if i could just get away from crapifornia, it would get better?
- yellow river, the greatest loser
Getting away didn't seem to work for me. where ever I went, there I
was.
--
Charles
Does not play well with others.
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| User: "%" |
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| Title: Re: another empty, meaningless day has passed |
24 Jan 2005 11:57:00 PM |
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"Charles" <ckraft@SPAMTRAPwest.net> wrote in message news:fcnbv0td5qq5vcaug7g1a3ffqbk7jbu4kb@4ax.com...
: On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 05:42:51 GMT, yellow river
: <huangmYR@YRearthYRlink.netYR> wrote:
:
: >when i'm at work, i often become completely absorbed by my work,
: >extremely focused, confident, and very productive, working by myself. i
: >almost feel happy. i can forget that i have nothing besides work to live
: >for.
: >
: >when i'm home, it's more difficult to forget reality. sure, i'm glad
: >that i'm doing ok at work, because that will keep the paychecks coming,
: >but life still feels empty and meaningless. i feel like the greatest
: >loser on earth, the loneliest person on earth.
: >
: >maybe if i could just get away from crapifornia, it would get better?
: >
: >- yellow river, the greatest loser
:
:
: Getting away didn't seem to work for me. where ever I went, there I
: was.
:
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: --
: Charles
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: Does not play well with others.
awww yes , the geographical change
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| User: "JayDee" |
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| Title: Re: another empty, meaningless day has passed |
25 Jan 2005 07:36:29 PM |
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On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 05:42:51 GMT, yellow river
<huangmYR@YRearthYRlink.netYR> wrote:
when i'm at work, i often become completely absorbed by my work,=20
extremely focused, confident, and very productive, working by myself. i=20
almost feel happy. i can forget that i have nothing besides work to live=
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for.
when i'm home, it's more difficult to forget reality. sure, i'm glad=20
that i'm doing ok at work, because that will keep the paychecks coming,=20
but life still feels empty and meaningless. i feel like the greatest=20
loser on earth, the loneliest person on earth.
maybe if i could just get away from crapifornia, it would get better?
I'm not pushing the Pacific Northwet, but it is more laid-back
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last line deleted because of disbelief
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| User: "juno 7" |
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| Title: Re: another empty, meaningless day has passed |
25 Jan 2005 12:52:14 AM |
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no, you will be miserable whereever you go, unless its antartica
"yellow river" <huangmYR@YRearthYRlink.netYR> wrote in message
news:v%kJd.5118$r27.4593@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net...
when i'm at work, i often become completely absorbed by my work, extremely
focused, confident, and very productive, working by myself. i almost feel
happy. i can forget that i have nothing besides work to live for.
when i'm home, it's more difficult to forget reality. sure, i'm glad that
i'm doing ok at work, because that will keep the paychecks coming, but
life still feels empty and meaningless. i feel like the greatest loser on
earth, the loneliest person on earth.
maybe if i could just get away from crapifornia, it would get better?
- yellow river, the greatest loser
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| User: "%" |
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| Title: Re: another empty, meaningless day has passed |
25 Jan 2005 01:57:52 AM |
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what did the penguins ever do to you ?
"juno 7" <oh@wellwell.com> wrote in message news:y0mJd.22$2i4.20@trnddc01...
: no, you will be miserable whereever you go, unless its antartica
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: "yellow river" <huangmYR@YRearthYRlink.netYR> wrote in message
: news:v%kJd.5118$r27.4593@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net...
: > when i'm at work, i often become completely absorbed by my work, extremely
: > focused, confident, and very productive, working by myself. i almost feel
: > happy. i can forget that i have nothing besides work to live for.
: >
: > when i'm home, it's more difficult to forget reality. sure, i'm glad that
: > i'm doing ok at work, because that will keep the paychecks coming, but
: > life still feels empty and meaningless. i feel like the greatest loser on
: > earth, the loneliest person on earth.
: >
: > maybe if i could just get away from crapifornia, it would get better?
: >
: > - yellow river, the greatest loser
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| User: "Janithor" |
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| Title: Re: another empty, meaningless day has passed |
25 Jan 2005 04:35:43 AM |
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x-no-archive: yes
yellow river wrote:
when i'm at work, i often become completely absorbed by my work,
extremely focused, confident, and very productive, working by myself. i
almost feel happy. i can forget that i have nothing besides work to live
for.
when i'm home, it's more difficult to forget reality. sure, i'm glad
that i'm doing ok at work, because that will keep the paychecks coming,
but life still feels empty and meaningless. i feel like the greatest
loser on earth, the loneliest person on earth.
maybe if i could just get away from crapifornia, it would get better?
- yellow river, the greatest loser
No, moving wouldn't help. It might give you a fresh start and exposure
to new experiences. But like Charles said, where you go, there you'll
be, and your problems are going to follow you. If you're open to
change, it couldn't hurt, even if it won't necessarily change much. You
don't seem to be at that state of mind though, IMO you have a lot more
to work on than simply which state issues your drivers license.
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| User: "Contrarian" |
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| Title: Re: another empty, meaningless day has passed |
24 Jan 2005 11:57:34 PM |
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yellow river <huangmYR@yrearthyrlink.netyr> wrote:
when i'm at work, i often become completely absorbed by my work,
extremely focused, confident, and very productive, working by myself. i
almost feel happy. i can forget that i have nothing besides work to live
for.
the "flow" experience glad that you get this somewhere
when i'm home, it's more difficult to forget reality. sure, i'm glad
that i'm doing ok at work, because that will keep the paychecks coming,
good point
but life still feels empty and meaningless. i feel like the greatest
loser on earth, the loneliest person on earth.
:-(
maybe if i could just get away from crapifornia, it would get better?
???
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