Monday, February 25, 2008
Yep, Another Whine About How Chicken I Am
All the self-awareness in the world doesn't mean a damn thing if you let fear paralyze you and prevent you from getting off your ass and doing what you know needs to be done to improve yourself. In fact, self-awareness combined with paralysis is the worst of both worlds, since you know just how bad you feel, know how to change it, but can't, which makes you feel like a big, fat coward and failure, which makes you feel still more awful. It's a vicious cycle of over-intellectualized angst.
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Frank--
I believe the term for what you're feeling is analysis paralysis. I sometimes struggle with that, too. So you take a deep breath, maybe go for a short walk, and then start thinking through the steps you need to take to get out of the rut. Good luck.
interestingly, there's a whole class of people (bloggers) who seek affirmation through our publicly avowed "analysis paralysis." It's as if writing about our situation atones in some way for our immobility, when in fact, to quote scott, it just makes us look like "big fucking babies." Looking for sympathy will do little to break the cycle of over-intellectualized angst, but if it's any consolation, I know exactly how you feel : )
wwjd
Just ask yourself "what would jocks do" and crack a nasty joke about cock size and than segue that into asking for some numbers!!!
Is this about choosing between Obama and Clinton?
Wow, I didn't expect such a response! Thanks, all!
Hubbard: "Analysis paralysis"? I LOVE it! How did I not know of that phrase before? It describes me to a T.
Scott: I knew this would get a rise out of you! You owe me an email, you know.
Billy: You're quite right, Billy, and I've often contemplated (surprise!) that myself. I think I've even posted as much before, to complete the cycle of irony.
Tim: Interesting tactic, Tim, but I'm afraid I don't have a jockish bone in my body. (Unless you're offering! *ba dum dum*
GayProf: HA! No, I'm still ambivalent on the Obama vs. Hillary debate. I like both of them for different reasons and think they make good candidates for different reasons. I'm quite burnt out about the whole thing at this point, though.
I suppose this is where we sit down and have a long conversations about the benefits of split personalities, memory compression and acting.... Okay consider that done now.
Look Frank, you will never make changes until you want it so bad it screws up your head, so in the mean time, go to the gym, take the stairs, find a health food craze you can get behind, and work on casual conversation. Your body will eventually overwhelm you with lust hormones and you'll have mad crazy sex behind the health food store with someone that smells like patcholli and yogurt and it will be the best you ever had.
OMG! We LOVE Tim!!
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