What is a period of your life where you experienced a lot of growth? How do you feel you grew?
~ “Once i left high school. It’s almost like i regained the ability to have a conversation again and feel emotion. All through high school i was neutral but once i finished i was enjoying life. “
Please share one detail about yourself that only a close friend would normally know. Does not need to be scandalous.
~ “this may bee scandalous – i hover around the unfinished wood and wait for the ladies to buzz by”
Are you in control of your own life? Why or why not?
~ “Mostly, the chemicals in my brain just make it hard”
Life Week
What day-to-day aspects of life cause you grief or frustration?
~ “Rain”
~ “Schitzoaffective dissorder”
~ “Having to deal with people and trying to block out my anxiety “
~ “My health”
~ “Lack of sleep”
~ “My fear of failure”
~ “Capitalism, relationships”
~ “Alcohol “
~ “I hate having to laugh at stuff I don’t find funny just because if I don’t laugh people think I’m in a bad mood. Life is also kind of boring right now. I want something interesting to happen.”
~ “When things invade my personal space”
~ “Corruption in society “
Who is living a great life right now? What parts of their lifestyle would you adopt if you could?
~ “I am! I have a great job, great apartment, great wife, great dog, it’s perfect”
~ “I cant think of anyone in particular but more frequent exercise”
~ “No one I think we’re all miserable “
~ “Bill Gates maybe. His money”
~ “Sports Athletes. Their work ethics “
~ “I don’t know”
~ “I can’t think of someone living a great life”
~ (No Response Given)
~ “I guess it’s hard to tell whose life is really great versus if it just seems that way. I have friends who are funny, they are talented in multiple ways, they look good and they seem happy. I have a specific friend of mine in mind who is a really good percussionist, a really good soccer player, they are really in shape, and everyone likes them. I want to get better at sports like them. I want to be confident in myself the way they are. I want to be as in shape as them.”
~ “The larvae – id like to sit around in a cozy hole all day!”
~ “Half of the world, usually the north side of Ecuador”
What is a period of your life where you experienced a lot of growth? How do you feel you grew?
~ “In grad school – learned so much new things!”
~ “The last 2.5 years. I am much more able to understand my emotions and opinions”
~ “High school when I actually had friends and enjoyed waking up in the morning “
~ “When I was 18. Spiritually”
~ “Once i left high school. It’s almost like i regained the ability to have a conversation again and feel emotion. All through high school i was neutral but once i finished i was enjoying life. “
~ “When I graduated high school, because I strongly believed I would not obtain my diploma”
~ “When I moved country – I left behind a friend group defined strongly around a certain set of interests. I learned to express myself outside of that narrow range and develops interests that had been on the sidelines. I also became more sure of myself.”
~ (No Response Given)
~ “These past few years I realized I was ugly and weird and unfunny and no one really liked me. I spent a year as the quiet kid and then this past year I’ve been trying to be who I want to be. I’ve been trying to change the way I look (specifically my hair) and the thing I say and the way I act. I’ve made new friends and I think I’m still growing and improving. I’ve also spent the past few years learning music and growing in that area.”
~ “When I matured and my wings emerged”
~ “The last 5 years, I’ve learned that most of the time you can’t influence anything “
Please share one detail about yourself that only a close friend would normally know. Does not need to be scandalous.
~ “I am very lucky to have a leg-up in life due to an inheritance”
~ “I have a serious mental problem”
~ “I love animals more than most people”
~ “I have a lot of health problems”
~ “I’m Asexual “
~ (No Response Given)
~ “Trauma history”
~ (No Response Given)
~ “I keep a journal to write about my life. I don’t want anyone to read it and only a few select friends know it exists.”
~ “this may bee scandalous – i hover around the unfinished wood and wait for the ladies to buzz by”
~ “I like casual sex”
Are you in control of your own life? Why or why not?
~ “Hell yes. I choose exactly what I want to do. “
~ “Most of the time because i can choose what I do in most situations”
~ “Mostly, the chemicals in my brain just make it hard”
~ “Kind of. I have a good education background, a great boyfriend and a great family. But I wish I could live closer to work and that my sickness would heal”
~ “Yeh. I’m in full control of what my future looks like in terms of employment and skills. “
~ “Not really, because I’d like to [move to] England but I can’t, for I lack money and I must finish my studies in my country, amongst other things”
~ “To an extent – I have a physical disability that precludes me from accessing many things”
~ “Hell no”
~ “That’s a tough question to understand. I guess so? I get to make decisions for myself such as which fall sport I want to do. I have restrictions still though.”
~ “maybee”
~ “Not really because I live in a society “
How are you feeling, right now?
~ “Exhausted. Woke up at 5am to go to gym and I worked hard. “
~ “Bored”
~ “A little sad because I booked a vacation to TN for August with my boyfriend and planned on spending some time with my aunt and uncle. but I went up with my mom shortly after I booked it and they got us both sick. So I posted a very passive aggressive status about how I always sanitize my hands until they bleed when I’m sick but other people can’t even cover their mouths when they sneeze (like their 19 year old son) and my aunt saw it and I tried to play it off as talking about nasty people at work but I don’t think she believed me and I think they’re mad at me now. 😭😭 Then again maybe my anxiety is making me over think it. Thanks for reading. Sorry for the book. “
~ “I’m happy but worried about my health”
~ “Very tired”
~ “I don’t even know”
~ “Stoned”
~ “Ashamed of myself “
~ “I feel really in the mood for something interesting to go down. I feel a little odd too. I want to talk to my friends even though it’s 2:30am and I’m on vacation. I want to go do something I’m not supposed to do. I want to talk to my friends about how I feel and hear about how they feel.”
~ “a little buzzed”
~ “Ok”
Describe yourself, however you want, in two sentences.
~ “traveler, doggy-lover, gym-goer”
~ (No Response Given)
~ “She is is ugly she isn’t grace. She is nervous in any place. 😂”
~ “I like gaming, travelling, and being with those I love. Some things stress me like my working hours and my health.”
~ “Laid back and loving life “
~ “My goal right now is to finish the book I’m writing. I’m a dreamer and I’m ambitious.”
~ “Adult goth”
~ (No Response Given)
~ “I’m not really my own person. I can’t be myself because every aspect of myself is stuff I’ve copied from other people.”
~ “big booty hoe (male carpenter bee) “
~ “I like to laugh a lot and to spend time with the dear ones because that’s the only thing that it matters. “
Final Thoughts
One of my favorite things about doing these posts is providing an outlet for the people who contribute. While not intentional, it cannot be helped that when we discuss topics that matter we share things about ourselves that might be revealing, uncomfortable, or even hard to read and even harder to type. Personally, I feel a great deal towards the people who share bits of themselves, in moments of triumph and elation or somber reflection or dedicated resolution or even just people being themselves, and not over-complicating things. With today’s topic, Life, I thought it was a particularly relevant time to address the real, human, vulnerable, powerful aspect of the voices. A reminder that they are not immaterial words generated by an algorithm, but thoughts and emotions transmitted through years of cultivation and personal experience.
Conversation Sparks
We can’t really run out of questions when it comes to Life. So much falls under this umbrella. Still, two can’t hurt. How do we know when we’ve lived a good life, is it in the moment or the reflection? Is all life created equal, and if so what does that truly mean in terms of how we view other lifeforms – or each other?
It’s good to be back, after a long hiatus of posts. I kind of wanted Life to be symbolic, a week where Conversely could take on a new life. There are a lot of things happenings at any moment as Conversely moves closer to completion, and it seemed fitting to give it a fresh start of sorts. With a break, and some refocusing, there is a lot of enthusiasm and momentum right now. And if you’re reading this, thank you for being even a small part of that. If you’re still interested in more after all that, check out a prior post. They say music is the spice of life so why not check that out? Alternatively, maybe you’re tired and would prefer to dream, got you covered there too. Until next time, remember, enjoy life, and be heard.