Carpe Diem.

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I think about the future quite a bit, but what I really think affects my ability to live in the moment is the past. If something good happens, and then it ends, I spend too much time looking back on it nostalgically. If something bad happens, I spend too much time thinking about how I could have done things differently, and ~*what might have been*~. I don't think either of those things are necessarily bad, and I wouldn't say they quite keep me from enjoying the present, but sometimes I worry that it could start happening pretty easily. Case in point: high school versus college. There are good things about both, but sometimes I think the fact that I freaking loved high school and had such a good time there is kind of ruining me for my ~*college experience*~. One of the main things I loved about high school was the small-school atmosphere, and that's distinctly absent in a big state school like the one I go to. If I could get myself to stop internally thinking, "ugh, college classes aren't as funnnnnn because I don't knowwwww anybodyyyyyyy high school was so much betterrrrrr", it'd probably be a lot easier to motivate myself to meet people in my dorm(s), as opposed to in the actual classes like I'm used to. Basically, it's a clash between what I'm used to and what I'm not used to. All in all, I need to get better at dealing with the present and "living in the moment" if I want to make the most of my life-- now, and in the future.

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[century-fox.livejournal.com]

sometimes I think the fact that I freaking loved high school and had such a good time there is kind of ruining me for my ~*college experience*~.
I feel the exact same way- I think we had pretty similar high school experiences. High school was so much fun, and college has overall just been sort of eh for me, especially since my best friend there (who was really the only one I was close to) transferred after the fall 2009 semester. I mean, I have friends at college and they're nice, but I don't feel really close with/connected to them. And I also went to a small high school and am now at a big state school, so I really miss having that close-knit atmosphere where the students and teachers all know each other.

P.S. I WATCHED ONE BREATH TODAY AND IT WAS AMAZING AND MY NEW FAVORITE XF EPISODE AND NOW I'M UP TO FIREWALKER.

[banerry.livejournal.com]

Yuuuuup, pretty much the same here. I'm also ridic shy IRL with people I don't know, so that compounds things. I *like* meeting new people, but I'm such an awkward turtle about it. XD It's definitely easier in a small-school atmosphere-- you just know who everybody is, and you don't have to make a big effort to. That's one of the main things I'm failing at.

KEEP WATCHING KEEP WATCHING KEEP WATCHING the third season is the best

[century-fox.livejournal.com]

Word, I'm ridiculously shy in RL, too- it isn't until I get close with people that they experience my LOUD FLAILY CAPSLOCKY INSANE PERSONALITY. XD

AND I WILL KEEP WATCHING YAAAAAAAAAY X-FILES ESPECIALLY NOW THAT SCULLY IS BACK BECAUSE HEARTBROKEN MULDER MADE ME A SAD CINNA. ALSO I LOVE SKINNER AND THE LONE GUNMEN.

[banerry.livejournal.com]

This is another reason why you need to get over here so we can go run around Portsmouth together. :P

THE LONE GUNMAN ARE HILARIOUS ♥ I have a softspot for Frohike.

[century-fox.livejournal.com]

Word! That would be so awesome- then we could hang out and have epic fun times and I could try poutine! :D

THEY ARE MY FAVORITES BESIDES MULDER AND SCULLY. ♥

[banerry.livejournal.com]

Or I could always come to NYC. :P

ME, TOO. Granted, there aren't a lot of recurring characters besides them-- but still, they are pretty amazing.

[rinhriveiel.livejournal.com]

Have you joined any clubs, or gone to any club-or-uni-sponsored events on campus? Those are places to meet people. :)

I see what you mean, though.

[banerry.livejournal.com]

I've wanted to get into some of the intramural sports' teams, but I haven't had time. 8( I also really wish my school had a trivia team; I LOVED doing that in high school. /loldork

[catchingspirit.livejournal.com]

I can get caught up in the future. I'm the exact right or wrong age right now: I took a career path I wasn't happy with, and while I'm young enough to change tracks and go back to school for something else, or really do whatever I want...

What do I want? Because if I make a 'mistake' this time, I won't be so young and it won't be so easy to switch again. I feel like I have to get it right, and I'm petrified I won't, so I keep staying in this stay-at-home housewife limbo (which I honestly appreciate for itself, and feel thankful to be able to do, but it isn't exactly what I want).

Er. This got rambling.

[banerry.livejournal.com]

Rambling is fine! &hearts: And I know exactly what you mean. I know what I want to do (I actually want to do a lot of things, fff), but what I'm stuck on is finding the best path to getting where I want.

Good luck!

[catchingspirit.livejournal.com]

Good luck to you, too.