tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634838746016447660.post546186149025746846..comments2010-04-02T12:16:01.502-05:00Comments on Not with a bang: An introvert's lamentConor Woodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07167824884171207650noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634838746016447660.post-60587109277376291162009-10-05T20:09:40.036-05:002009-10-05T20:09:40.036-05:00this makes sensethis makes senselindseyhugenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323719973738400671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634838746016447660.post-41974198106270970932009-10-04T20:47:41.214-05:002009-10-04T20:47:41.214-05:00Your thoughts remind me frightfully of my own back...Your thoughts remind me frightfully of my own back around mid-high school. Honestly, in a lot of ways I miss taking everything so seriously.<br /><br />I remember hitting a wall around that time where, as the Kevin guy up there described, I could counter every idea that started to seem truly interesting with some alternate perspective that just deflated it. Got to a point where I really felt like everything I could ever consider to be worth doing was just another something to do, and everything I could find beautiful or valuable was just another something to like. It could get really hard to feel like believing in anything.<br /><br />Practical advice- a good remedy for that kind of thing is going out for a walk, or climbing a building. Either one, you want to do it at night, for mood reasons and also for practical reasons. The latter activity *can* get you in trouble. You may bring music along, but make sure you invest some energy in observing everything you're passing by or scaling.<br /><br />It didn't really even have to be walking or climbing for me. Just had to go out and actually do one of those things that were "just another something to do."<br /><br />Hope you're ready to deal with a bunch of strangers typing shit at you all the time now that Ebert linked to your blog.Grass Cannonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11746453023292290578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634838746016447660.post-32642143582522347312009-10-01T00:30:11.376-05:002009-10-01T00:30:11.376-05:00Word, Kevin/C Wood. I do that every day! (we'r...Word, Kevin/C Wood. I do that every day! (we're around the same age, i think). I re-examine myself as a person every day and try to view myself from someone else's perspective. I get frustrated because I'm not sure if I feel wise but not old, or feel old but not wise. I came to the same conclusion as Kevin after awhile. For now the only thing I can do is wait and think.Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02452693756267509615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634838746016447660.post-20741600203282103652009-09-29T15:57:00.046-05:002009-09-29T15:57:00.046-05:00That's really interesting, Kevin, because that...That's really interesting, Kevin, because that's what I find myself doing. Just countering opinions with other opinions that hold up just as much weight in my head because I don't have enough experience to lean one way or the other. That's good advice for me.Conor Woodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07167824884171207650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634838746016447660.post-24230482136596669892009-09-29T12:44:13.133-05:002009-09-29T12:44:13.133-05:00This sounds pretty familiar to me, I think I spent...This sounds pretty familiar to me, I think I spent most of high school like that. Looking back I'd say the most insight I got into what I wanted to do with my life came from actually doing things or trying new things. Thinking about what I wanted to do always led nowhere because I was smart enough to be able to create counterpoints to just about any line of thinking and not experienced enough to have stronger opinions.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259971850284324547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634838746016447660.post-30635693650354624452009-09-17T13:15:34.740-05:002009-09-17T13:15:34.740-05:00I hear ya. Sigh. It's so difficult for us in...I hear ya. Sigh. It's so difficult for us intellectuals. Haha.Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01053457511238734340noreply@blogger.com