Comments on: Life is like a bag of awful tasting jelly beans

By: kel

kel — Fri, 22 May 2009 20:56:16 +0000

You’ve given too much and neglected yourself. That’s called codependency. That is why you always feel the need to take care of others. Set some boundaries, some expectations for yourself. You’ll start to feel better.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 22 May 2009 18:32:27 +0000

I admire that you live low matiennece[sp] as possile, because that’s exactly how i wish live. Except, that obligation to please the entire world is probably something you should work on letting go. It seems to me as the world hasn’t pleased you, which is so cool, because i feel like school hasn’t pleased me and i am not looking forward to collee. HOWEVER, I wish that you could find a way to be at peace with your life!!

By: Mona

Mona — Thu, 21 May 2009 13:00:59 +0000

@Heather
Hahaa. your comment is so cute!! How I make money? From the advertisements that you see. The more people that visit my site or click on the ads, the more money I make. I don’t make 100′s of dollars. But I make a bit of change that makes me happy and buys me some cool stuff!

By: Heather

Heather — Thu, 21 May 2009 09:31:36 +0000

I’m IN LOVE with your blog!! You say it like it is and it’s MUCH more insightful than my ahem “20somethinginsight” blog. I totally dig this post and will be reading more tomorrow. I’m where you were. I hate my job but see no way to do what I love and support myself and its scary as hell wasting “the best years of my life” waiting for something magical to happen to get me out of my hell of a 9-6 job. Your “fuck em all” mentality is such a breathe of fresh air- and a wake up call. Nothings going to change until I take the steps toward that change and stop wallowing at my the desk I feel like I’m chained to. Thank you. I cannot thank you enough. I’ve been blogging erratically and honestly pretty pathetically recently (my closest friend discovered my blog and has basically ended our ten year friendship without any explanation whatsoever. So recently it’s been difficult for me to write honest and uncensored out of fear that she took my writing too literally and anyways, long story but it hurts and I don’t like writing ten posts in a row about how depressed I’ve been- and it’s hard to write about.) But question… how do you make money on your blog? Does this really work? (enough to slightly support yourself?) I have no problems with extra side work for extra money. It just seems impossible to get a second job when you’re already working 9-6 every day! When would I get to just LIVE!?!? Ya know?

By: Amina H.

Amina H. — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:32:35 +0000

very heartfelt…no other comments

By: Mona

Mona — Wed, 20 May 2009 01:32:03 +0000

I was waiting for the religious/think of others/thank God for everything speech. It took 24 hours for someone to come up with the obvious.

I am going back to sleep.

By: BeBe

BeBe — Wed, 20 May 2009 01:24:52 +0000

Hi .. You know i didnt read all of what you’d written cuz it was soo tiring hearing all that complaining n nagging. im sorry, but why do waste all of that energy on writing that kind of stuff, it’ll only make those negative parts a bigger deal n magnify them. think of what you actually have, health when there are ppl who cant talk, think or walk even. Do something productive with your life n think positively, look at the bright side n thank God bout the things you actually have, like a dad, there are a lot of things even if i start counting i wouldnt stop any time soon. if you’re bumbed bout the crisis in america, then ill tell you that in Islam, those types of banks aren’t used, we use an islamic bank with a different system that doesn’t cause the crisis that just happened, so ppl r now changing to islamic banks rather than the ones we say are ” rabawiya” i dont know the term in english sorry. So my advice is get your thoughts straight, cuz if i had your mentality of thinking bout things i wouldn’t be happy, n i don’t think you are. God is generous n he will give you more when you start to thank bout the blessings in life n those that you’re not aware of. Thank you .

By: Professor Mikey

Professor Mikey — Tue, 19 May 2009 23:21:50 +0000

I’d like to say you are unique with your problems, but you are not. You are intelligent & you are willing to sacrifice for others, but then you let resentment building when it feels no one is sacrificing for you. Sure, getting married will break this trend, but I fear you will just end up back where you are. Being selfless is a good trait to have, but deep down we all have selfish tendencies and sometimes that means allowing that selfish person to show once in awhile. Whether it’s buying something or treating you to a spa visit, and don’t feel guilty for it, especially if you are giving things up for others.

By: Leeroy Glinchy

Leeroy Glinchy — Tue, 19 May 2009 21:36:37 +0000

Wish things were better for you. I have also felt like intelligence and degrees were a curse not a gift.

My wife studied the situation, and she agrees that getting a good job is all luck. Everyone who had it made had a lot of breaks for them that will never happen again.

It seems you got dealt a shitty hand, but I think you are doing your best with your situation. I hope you do get a job and that your father gets a new job.

By: Fatima

Fatima — Tue, 19 May 2009 16:21:26 +0000

This is what pisses me off is when I find out about brothers pissing off and doing what they want, leaving the sisters to take care of their parents.

There’s a reason why they get double inheritance than a girl… and that’s too look after their family…which includes YOU!

I think I annoy my brother a whole lot because I act like a slacker (I like getting things done…and I actually annoy myself too) because he needs to step up and be a man, which is why I don’t do anything for my parents unless necessary. I love my parents, I would do anything for them, but I figure that the brothers get what they want (Car, house, etc.) they must work it off someway

I applaud you for taking this time off for yourself…sometimes it’s ok to be a bit selfish