April 14, 2009
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It seems that everytime that I clean up my life, my life gets a little bit better. I've quit drinking alcohol, stopped drinking caffeine and sugary colas, started eating healthier, and exercising. Here pretty soon, I'm going to give my desktop computer to a friend of mine for him to borrow along with all of my computer games so that hopefully I'll ease up on my gaming habit. Currently, I've got my laptop hooked up to my 24" monitor, and it's fantastic. This way, unlike with my desktop computer, I've got a dual-monitor setup!!! I've only installed the bare-essentials that will allow me to get my work done, Firefox, Word, PowerPoint, and Dreamweaver. No computer games, and I've already noticed a significant improvement in my work habits. I'm also trying to be more social, by leaving my door open. It's helped out significantly, and thankfully the people in my hall are nice enough to stop by and say hi to finally meet me even though I've holed myself up in my room all year. I like where this is going, I've already made plans to hang out with people. I beat myself up about not having any friends, but it's my own damn fault really. It's not like people dont want to be my friend, I simply wasnt letting them! I feel so bad, like I've wasted the first two years of my college life being a shut-in. It's true, but nothing I can do about it now. I've learnt from my mistakes. I need to stop relying on online dating websites to find the love of my life, I shouldnt be that desperate. I feel like a new me, and this new me is fantastic. I'd like to continue doing tasks that will make me happier with myself, more physically attractive and less of a socially-awkward individual. From now on, I pledge to stop wasting so much of my time surfing the internet, and to start working on homework assignments as soon as I get them instead of procrastinating until the last minute. My life will no longer be interfered with by spending afternoons infront of YouTube. I cant wait until I begin to see my GPA improve from being more academically inspired, my self-image improve from hard exercise and a healthy diet, my confidence boost from being more socially active. I need to stop living in my fantasy world where I play videogames all day and never grow up, I need to mature and become an adult. This starts immediately.
Comments (12)
yeehaw! c|=) <--- does that look like a smiley w/cowboy hat?
(there is a perfect mini to accompany my comment, but SOMEONE killed it AND Xanga isn't allowing me to change it to the profile pic I want.)
oh well. GIDDY UP, COWBOY!
I'm glad you want to make changes in your life, I need to surround myself with people that do, no one in Conway wants anything, you know what I mean?
I am a self motivated person, but even after a while, seeing that no one around you is making a change either, it just slows you down.
I need to stop playing dota
Learn Japanese
Get better at bass
and get a job in photography
also, A So Deep (perfect sphere remix) one day.
I long to go to a college with dorms so I can have new friends...
Good luck!
very happy for you. sounds very good
I know what you mean. I'm stuck inside - not by choice, I'm disabled and every day I get pissed off I'm not outside doing things. I get one person come to visit me a month. A therapist stops by for an hour to see how I'm doing. It's starting to get to me, almost like being locked up in jail. At least you've decided to change things so good for you. You'll feel totally different pretty soon. I'm actually thinking about getting rid of my PC for awhile so I can get back into training seriously so I might be able to walk properly. These things can really take up a lot of your time. Have fun, summer is almost here!
Steve
welcome to computer age.......when i was younger..i didnt go to college ...it was 1983 and there were little or no p.c.'s around....little distractions....but still i found time to waste and time to be directionless..........as long as we use computers and be careful not to let them use us......it's great...but even now..altho i have improved my writing 100%..i need to get outside and be more active....good luck....
What sucks is that in high school, too, I graduated magna cum laude (3.75-3.99) rather than summa (4.0+). THAT I deserved, I had like a 3.8 (it would suck to have a 3.99!).
I'm definitely pissed I wrote the thesis and am getting no credit/recognition for it, other than a class on my academic record that says "Honors Thesis", from last semester. Granted, I probably didn't work as hard as people doing research theses, because mine was just a collection of short stories from freshman year on, but it still sucks.
i'm the same way. i'm a hermit and i complain that i have no one to hang out with but it's my fault
you honestly seem like a really cool dude. if the opportunity ever arose where we could meet and do something we both agreed on, it would be fun
haha. you sound like my roommate.
though I gotta say...helluvatime to start being social..
Man I wish I would try the same thing now.