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SKYLAB CHAT
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Hello, Sky. 
Seliah, did you ever get any rest after your product preparation blitz...you definitely are an energetic person
LOL. I'm just an ADD person. But yes, I got about a four hour nap in. I'm working on Nataani's Poser mats now.
Well, I try not to be too negative. But I am definitely somewhat jaded at life in general, and I will freely admit that. So sometimes I can get a bit cynical. I just try to curb my tongue when I'm thinking that way, though.
Right now, I want to bash Poser into a million itty bitty pieces. Man, I hate, HATE this program. LMAO
Right now, I want to bash Poser into a million itty bitty pieces. Man, I hate, HATE this program. LMAO
skylab
Esteemed
I've been cynical in my life, especially when younger...but as the years went by, I realized how much energy it consumed, mostly learning by watching other employees at work spend so much time being negative before tackling a project....there were certain scenarios where they could actually have done the task in less time than it took to assess the negatives. After observing this, I tried really hard to harness those types of emotions so that I wouldn't have to go through the yuckie negative stuff...and I found over time that it helped to remember that.
Funny, I don't see you that way. My friend who takes 8 hours to receive instruction for a 15 task, she is ADD to the max...you seem to be very focused, you just multi-task...for busy people, that's the only way to get things done. I'm that way too
I don't do any of my work sitting down for very long. I work on a laptop because I can't sit still, and because I am frequently out of the house. Sometimes I'm working on this thing in the middle of the woods outdoors! LOL I figured out how to turn my phone into a wifi hotspot and I can hook in from laptop to the internet via my phone.
I have trouble sitting down even to eat a meal. If I am sitting, some part of me is constantly moving. My head is very loud; if I'm not working, my brain starts counting numbers, or counting the number of lines that make up the edges of ceiling tiles, the number of dashes on the roads in the lanes, the number of surfaces on a chair.. I might end up tapping my fingers and counting each tap... I have music playing in my ear at ALL times, because if it's not, I can't get anything done; that music is the only thing that quiets my head down at least a little bit. I also drink WAY too much coffee in a day - I can go through three pots easily - and I drink it because it actually slows me DOWN.
That's just for starters.
DS can crash out for a number of reasons. Sometimes it can crash out just because it feels like it. LOL
Eh. The sad thing is for me it actually consumes more energy to NOT be cynical, because I've had the kind of life where you didn't survive unless you were suspicious of everything and everyone around you. It took me a very long time to reach the point I'm at these days. And there are some things that I just always have the initial reaction of suspicion or cynicism on. I might not voice it a lot, but there are times where that's just how I see some stuff.
I try not to do it; it's MUCH easier on the site here to be positive, because this place is a great, positive environment with lots of wonderful folks and wonderful activity going on.
But in offline life, well... *shrugs* Life has taught me to be cynical and suspicious, and has punished me greatly for any transgressions regarding trusting or being too optimistic anytime it happened. So yeah. I have to be mindful not to get too negative, and at the same time I just can't take things at face value unless I know for a FACT that the person/site/whatever is worthy of that trust.Fortunately, HiveWire is. ^_^
skylab
Esteemed
Yeah, that's what happens...I've had trust issues all my life, for many of the reasons you've stated, plus a bushel basket more...haha. Unfortunately, it makes one duck when nobody is throwing a punch, so to speak. For years I actually had a physical reflex, if someone walked up behind me and startled me, I'd get into defensive position, ready to rumble...haha. That's a learned behavior of course, and it can take a long time to change...I sure know about that
So, I agree, we can be thankful that we have this environment at Hivewire that is relatively safe and positive, because so many don't where they hang out....I just hope that refugees that are unhappy to the point of being destructive don't bring their baggage here...and end up spoiling it for themselves and others. We really do have it good here now, and we should be thankful every day for it.
So, I agree, we can be thankful that we have this environment at Hivewire that is relatively safe and positive, because so many don't where they hang out....I just hope that refugees that are unhappy to the point of being destructive don't bring their baggage here...and end up spoiling it for themselves and others. We really do have it good here now, and we should be thankful every day for it.
Yeah, that's what happens...I've had trust issues all my life, for many of the reasons you've stated, plus a bushel basket more...haha. Unfortunately, it makes one duck when nobody is throwing a punch, so to speak. For years I actually had a physical reflex, if someone walked up behind me and startled me, I'd get into defensive position, ready to rumble...haha. That's a learned behavior of course, and it can take a long time to change...I sure know about that
Yep. I STILL have that reflex.
Believe me, I very much am. LOL I really like this place quite a lot, even with the PG rating.
skylab
Esteemed
One thing folks need to remember, it's the PG rating thing that helps filter out some personality types that would a pill to take....I mean, how much abuse must women endure, it's bad enough when it has been inflicted upon us, but when women start abusing themselves by producing self-demeaning content or "art", the only direction it can eventually go is south in terms of the environment, the flavor of posts, the type of people that are "drawn" to it, and the general feeling of not being "safe"...in other words, there goes the neighborhood...haha...all the same things that make, or made, us flinch in the real world invades our creatively and forum environment, so much so that we're ducking when nobody is punching, or sad to say, occasionally we get punched when we should have ducked...haha. I've had that happen a few times too.
You're probably in the age range that I was when I finally began to settle down and not be on high alert all the time...it definitely did not go away over night. I struggled with it for years. Wish I had some of those years back, knowing what I know now....but unfortunately life doesn't have a reverse. At least I would have the benefit of more discernment about people...who is trustworthy, and who may require a more cautious approach.
You're probably in the age range that I was when I finally began to settle down and not be on high alert all the time...it definitely did not go away over night. I struggled with it for years. Wish I had some of those years back, knowing what I know now....but unfortunately life doesn't have a reverse. At least I would have the benefit of more discernment about people...who is trustworthy, and who may require a more cautious approach.
Yes, believe me, I understand the reasons behind the PG rating. I'm just saying... in all the talk about reaching out to potentially former RDNA vendors... well that same PG rating right off the rip prevents those folks from being able to find a home here, that's for sure.
But yes. I totally, totally understand the reasons behind having that rating. I do.
I'm 36; been married since the age of 18. But even at 36, the period of time between now and the last serious event has only been about two years. "Something" has always been fairly "fresh" for my entire life. So yeah, that makes a difference.
I do calm down a LOT when I'm able to get into my beloved mountains. Which is why, as we're house hunting now, my Bear has suggested looking up that way for a home. It's the only time where I feel settled; when I have the natural world around me.
But yeah. It's a process. It's just a process that I've basically never been able to finish, because I've had to restart it over and over and over again every time I think I'm done with the re-starts.