Monday, May 6, 2013

Starting Again



Why, yes.  It has been a while.  And yes, my commitment to the blog that I began last year is pretty indicative of how well I respond to most commitment in general.  It makes me panic.  It makes me wonder if it is worth my time.  


You know, because I have very important drinks to pour and well, these nachos aren’t going to eat themselves now, are they?


I need to get back to writing again.  It clears my brain and gets out all of that crap that is swirling around in my head that I perseverate on so I can objectively analyze the situations.  It keeps me sane.  I haven’t been doing that lately.  Hence, my impending inevitable insanity! Gah. I tried having a relationship recently.  That didn’t exactly go well.  At all.  While it was reassuring that it wasn’t the commitment part that was the issue as I suspected may be a source of anxiety for me, it was more the fact that I was pretty unhappy with where I was at in my life.  I had lost myself without even knowing it.  And, I feel like I dated a person who fed on that a bit too much in order to make himself feel better about where he was in his life.  I wanted to be happy.  I wanted it to work.  But I couldn’t control that.  I had no say in the matter and I allowed myself to remain in a situation where I feel that I was not being respected as an equal.  Mainly, because I clearly had stopped respecting myself.  *Don’t allow yourself to be with anyone who judges you constantly.   Just don’t.  It is super uncool.  Trust me.*  I could go on and on about that but I won’t.  This blog isn’t about him or “us.”  (Which will shock the hell out of him because isn’t EVERYTHING about him?)  This blog is about me.  ME.  My life.  My experiences.  My thoughts.  I am going to use it to express myself honestly and openly.  Why?  Because I feel like I need to in order to get back to who I am again.  It is easy to lose sight of that person when the world becomes overwhelming and the tide of life is ripping you from the safety of your personal shore.  But you have to keep swimming.  I need to write again because if I do not have this touchstone, I know that I have a tendency to forget who I am and I stop making decisions that are in my best interest.  It is okay to put yourself first sometimes.  I  need to practice this.  


There is only so much compartmentalization a person can do until they just splinter into pieces.  This is my attempt to pull all aspects of my life and personality together.  I do not have to hide all of my emotions.  I am human, dammit.  It is okay to act like one.  I fuck up.  I laugh.  I cry. I love. And, I do things right sometimes too.  I may have problems.  But I also have solutions.  I focus far too much on what I lack as a person which doesn’t allow me to see what I actually do possess.  


I had tried to allow myself to trust people more freely.  That backfired on me in a huge way and set me back a few steps.  But anyone who knows me, knows that setbacks just fuel my desire to reach my goal.  And my goal here is to be honest with myself and to learn that it is okay to not have everything figured out.  It is okay to be who I am.  And it is okay to be pissed off at anyone who expects me to be any different.  This blog is going to be my exercise in seeing that while I do not have a paved road in front of me to follow, my uncharted path along the way to wherever my destination ends up being will be a wonderful ride if I just let it be.


I commit to myself to be honest with my true feelings.  To state my fears.  To make myself laugh.  To smile.  To do one thing every day that makes me happy.  And, I commit to writing often.  You?  Now, you do not have to read this.  You have to commit to nothing except showing respect if you are going to read about my life.  No one is making you do that.  So whatever negativity you may have or disagreement you may feel toward what I post, that’s cool.  Start your own freaking blog then to bitch about it.  Feedback is great.  I welcome it.  But don’t be a troll.  Thanks.


Welcome to my weird world, friends.  Thanks for reading this as I spring clean my mind.   

**Also, I cannot seem to log into my former blog that is at:  chickuninterrupted.blogspot.com.  Wasn't worth the frustration.  If I figure out what is up, I will merge the two eventually.  Maybe.  But that is where my rat stories (Argh!) are....  And, I cannot seem to figure out how to change my format.  Any suggestions because I am too irritated to figure it out on my own anymore today...