That you're about to start a new 'chapter' in your life?
I'm not talking about small normal changes like dumping a girlfriend or switching jobs, but something that you feel is drastically going to change your every day life. Not nessessarily a positive or negative feeling, just a weird sense.
I've been thinking about this more and more as my first day of university nears (~2 weeks). I've spent the last 5 years (since I've finished high school) jumping from job to job with sporadic periods of unemployment inbetween, doing college courses here and there but never really completing anything and never staying anywhere long enough to form ties with people, taking my first steps into adulthood, learning to manage finances, becoming fully independant. I haven't been involved in any "social environment" since, nor have I been dedicated to doing any one thing consistantly for more than a month or two. Looking back, I can think of three of these relatively long periods of my life that have been significantly different from one another. The feeling of embarking in long-term studies now just weirds me out (but not in a bad way). I get the distinct feeling that years from now I'll be looking back on this as one of those "turning points".
Sorry for the emo thread.
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Aug-21-2008 20:49
MrJiveBoJingles
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Location: U.S.
Re: Ever had that freaky weird feeling...
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Originally posted by Project-K
Sorry for the emo thread.
This thread is not "emo." If you started whining about starting the new chapter and saying no one will ever love you, that would be emo.
And yes, I have felt this before, especially when I started college. I think I may feel it again in the spring when I graduate from college and (probably) move out of Texas.
Aug-21-2008 20:52
Project-K
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Registered: Feb 2007
Location: Laval, Quebec
Re: Re: Ever had that freaky weird feeling...
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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
This thread is not "emo."
Yeah ok. What I meant is that it deviates from the Cor's usual fart-joke level discussions.
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Aug-21-2008 20:55
Zoso
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Registered: Mar 2006
Location: Dirty South, United States
I often have intense feelings of dread, where my mind is convinced that "something bad" is about to happen and that there is nothing I can do to prevent it. It usually passes as a nonevent. Then, when all's well, I go and step on a goddamned snake. So, you never know. But college was the bomb. Wish someone would have sponsored me for another 3 years or so.
yea starting new chapters always makes me feel uncomfortable and i get really nostalgic when it happens, but then i take on the changes like a champ. i never give myself enough credit.
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man i can't believe i tried to come off as responsible in that other thread, i am so full of shit just don't tell anyone
Aug-21-2008 21:29
lücid
electric girl
Registered: Aug 2003
Location: NY
i never realize it as it's happening, but then after a certain amount of time i look back and realize how much has changed and it blows my mind.
i guess the only time that i felt i was really starting a new chapter in my life was the day that i moved from NY to WI. it all came together in such a fucked up way and emotionally it was really quite intimidating and confusing, but it was probably the best and bravest thing i've ever done.
Originally posted by Project-K
That you're about to start a new 'chapter' in your life?
I'm not talking about small normal changes like dumping a girlfriend or switching jobs, but something that you feel is drastically going to change your every day life. Not nessessarily a positive or negative feeling, just a weird sense.
I've been thinking about this more and more as my first day of university nears (~2 weeks). I've spent the last 5 years (since I've finished high school) jumping from job to job with sporadic periods of unemployment inbetween, doing college courses here and there but never really completing anything and never staying anywhere long enough to form ties with people, taking my first steps into adulthood, learning to manage finances, becoming fully independant. I haven't been involved in any "social environment" since, nor have I been dedicated to doing any one thing consistantly for more than a month or two. Looking back, I can think of three of these relatively long periods of my life that have been significantly different from one another. The feeling of embarking in long-term studies now just weirds me out (but not in a bad way). I get the distinct feeling that years from now I'll be looking back on this as one of those "turning points".
Sorry for the emo thread.
Reverse the order of college and work and you've basically just explained the exact same spot I'm in right now.
I sympathize with the "oddness" of it all. I feel like a lot of my life has been dominated by "weird' (neither positive nor negative) feelings of change lately.
Heh, I thought being a 21 year old sophomore was bad..
I'm not getting my bachelor's until I'm 23 or 24.
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Aug-21-2008 21:42
Project-K
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Registered: Feb 2007
Location: Laval, Quebec
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Originally posted by lücid
i never realize it as it's happening, but then after a certain amount of time i look back and realize how much has changed and it blows my mind.
That's usually how it happends. I think I'm only perceiving it now because I have so much free time to think about this stuff, not to mention having mental and emotional stability on a level I had never experienced before recently.
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Aug-21-2008 21:43
The17sss
C.R.E.A.M.
Registered: May 2008
Location: Charlotte, NC
Right on man... I know how that feels. Just welcome the changes and stay optimistic. It's a good thing
Aug-21-2008 21:45
biznology
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i just feel weird because im pretty sure i should just quit my job without any prospects in order to get my ass in gear.
i just dont handle new situations well without a safety net, but then again thats something i need to figure out too. my job is just bogus in terms of my schooling and ability and i shouldnt be fighting it anymore|
(plus its finally making me broke...before i was doing slightly okay)
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