The Absolute Most Defining Moment/Turning Point of Your Life???

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  • AmentsChick
    AmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    GraySaturday wrote:
    100% you have nanny burn out...

    take it from a nanny with burn out...

    why do you think I hightailed my butt to graduate school? I was like, if I have to nanny for the rest of my life, I might shoot myself. Maybe its different for you, but I find it very UNrewarding, time consuming, and energy sapping... (when I was a full time nanny for little kids)

    Nanny burnout...that is a definite!!!!! I agree with you there...but I do find it rewarding but absolutely energy sapping. Many days I'm dozing off behind the wheel on the way home! :eek:
    This is the greatest band in the world -- Ben Harper

  • libragirl
    libragirl Posts: 4,632
    no defining moment/turning point for me as of yet.
    These cuts are leaving creases. Trace the scars to fit the pieces, to tell the story, you don't need to say a word.
  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    AmentsChick wrote:
    Hmm...that makes sense. I'm not sure that's what I mean, though. I do think some of it is boredom...so you might right there.
    well it's worth a try :o I fall into routines pretty easily... but I find if I mess around with them a bit, life gets a bit more interesting again :) even simple things like getting off the train at the wrong stop and walking... or getting the 'wrong' train and getting off at a random stop... or go book yourself into a hotel some night and just treat yourself. Of course, you probably need big changes... but big changes take planning... little changes don't :)
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  • StateOfLoveBoatCptn.
    StateOfLoveBoatCptn. Posts: 904
    AmentsChick wrote:
    Yeah, I definitely think the move to Dallas will be good for you!! You need a fresh start for sure! :) But, you'll still be around the Pit, right?

    You know...it wasn't that Dallas itself was my first choice so much, its just what was there for my situation, but you now what...it'll be good. It's getting out of here and doing something different. And that's what's important right now.

    Of course I'll still be in the Pit so long as they have internet in that state ;). If not, I'll just write letters and send to the mods and hopefully they'll post for me. But seriously, being back on here after such a long stint away has been great for me. Glad to be back :D
  • AmentsChick
    AmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    well it's worth a try :o I fall into routines pretty easily... but I find if I mess around with them a bit, life gets a bit more interesting again :) even simple things like getting off the train at the wrong stop and walking... or getting the 'wrong' train and getting off at a random stop... or go book yourself into a hotel some night and just treat yourself. Of course, you probably need big changes... but big changes take planning... little changes don't :)

    Yeah, I do little changes all the time. One of my 'things' I do on the weekends is when I'm driving alone (maybe out doing errands) I try to get myself lost. Ok, yeah, that sounds weird...but I just drive through random neighborhoods...places I've never been before.

    Ok, yeah, I know...I'm weird. :o
    This is the greatest band in the world -- Ben Harper

  • AmentsChick
    AmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    StateOfLoveBoatCptn. wrote:
    You know...it wasn't that Dallas itself was my first choice so much, its just what was there for my situation, but you now what...it'll be good. It's getting out of here and doing something different. And that's what's important right now.

    Of course I'll still be in the Pit so long as they have internet in that state ;). If not, I'll just write letters and send to the mods and hopefully they'll post for me. But seriously, being back on here after such a long stint away has been great for me. Glad to be back :D

    HAHAHAHAHA. Actually Dallas is lovely place! My uncle used to live in Plano. You'll enjoy it there...as long as there's a/c.
    This is the greatest band in the world -- Ben Harper

  • audiodave
    audiodave Posts: 1,623
    AmentsChick wrote:
    I haven't had one...and DESPERATELY need one. Lately I have just had a great feeling of discontent. I don't really have any great reason to complain...I have a great family, friends, love my job...but I need a CHANGE. I'm not sure exactly what kind...possibly a move. I don't know. It's all very abstract. I can't actually define what it is that's missing...it just is.

    Wow. I've never really said this "outloud" before. But it's been a long time coming.

    I always felt like there was something missing in my life. I had a great life, and really couldn't see any reason for me to be unhappy, but I was, because something was missing.

    It makes absolutely no sense to anyone who has never felt that way, but whatever is missing is undefinable, and you can't put a name to it until you find it. I hope that you do find it. :)
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  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 17,003
    first time I saw A Hard Day's Night when I was like 7 years old.
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  • AmentsChick
    AmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    audiodave wrote:
    I always felt like there was something missing in my life. I had a great life, and really couldn't see any reason for me to be unhappy, but I was, because something was missing.

    It makes absolutely no sense to anyone who has never felt that way, but whatever is missing is undefinable, and you can't put a name to it until you find it. I hope that you do find it. :)

    THANK YOU!! Someone who gets it!!!!!!!!!! That's EXACTLY how I'm feeling. Sorry to hear you're experiencing it too.
    This is the greatest band in the world -- Ben Harper

  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    AmentsChick wrote:
    Yeah, I do little changes all the time. One of my 'things' I do on the weekends is when I'm driving alone (maybe out doing errands) I try to get myself lost. Ok, yeah, that sounds weird...but I just drive through random neighborhoods...places I've never been before.

    Ok, yeah, I know...I'm weird. :o
    Nah, it's ok, I used to do that shit too :) . It passes the time til you find what you're looking for :D
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • audiodave
    audiodave Posts: 1,623
    AmentsChick wrote:
    THANK YOU!! Someone who gets it!!!!!!!!!! That's EXACTLY how I'm feeling. Sorry to hear you're experiencing it too.
    I'd just like to clarify, that although I felt like that for most of my life, i've now found what it was I was looking for.

    Like I said, I hope you do too. :)
    ~AKA Dave-of-the-dead~

    I don't wanna think, I wanna feel

    Dublin 23/08/06 Lisbon I 04/09/06 Lisbon II 05/09/06 Paris 11/09/06 Verona 16/09/06

    London 18/06/07 Dusseldorf 21/06/07 Copenhagen 26/06/07 Nijmegen 28/06/07
  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    AmentsChick wrote:
    I haven't had one...and DESPERATELY need one. Lately I have just had a great feeling of discontent. I don't really have any great reason to complain...I have a great family, friends, love my job...but I need a CHANGE. I'm not sure exactly what kind...possibly a move. I don't know. It's all very abstract. I can't actually define what it is that's missing...it just is.

    Wow. I've never really said this "outloud" before. But it's been a long time coming.
    I hear that.



    Still, I'm only 19. Plenty of time for defining moments. I just sometimes feel like I'm drifting and it makes me feel world-weary. Life lacking direction is fine at my age but only if you're content with it. I feel like I need some kind of focus.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • elmer
    elmer Posts: 1,683
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:P5190013.JPG

    Back in 97 I fell 15+ft from a ledge that runs underneath the first floor windows, is to the left of the picture that is obscured by trees. I landed on foliage and walked away with only minor bruises, but it really shook me up in a way that's hard to describe because I'd always had falling dreams......never been a physical risk taker since. I've had a haemorrage of an eye, broken two ribs, and been hospitalized over an infected groin before but none of them match up to the supreme terror I felt for, mmm, a second at the most. It's still vivid in my mind and in my dreams.
  • clark_kent
    clark_kent Posts: 166
    i've had two and they both came within a few months of each other. one turned my life around dramatically for the better and healed things i hadnt even know were broken. the other happened about 8 months later and burned holes in me that i suspect will never heal.
    "You've never been out of college, you don't know what it's like out there. I've worked in the private sector... they expect results." -Ray

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  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    clark_kent wrote:
    i've had two and they both came within a few months of each other. one turned my life around dramatically for the better and healed things i hadnt even know were broken. the other happened about 8 months later and burned holes in me that i suspect will never heal.

    Kryptonite? ;):p
    NOPE!!!

    *~You're IT Bert!~*

    Hold on to the thread
    The currents will shift
  • AmentsChick
    AmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    Jeanie wrote:
    Kryptonite? ;):p

    HAHAH. That was funny!
    This is the greatest band in the world -- Ben Harper

  • AmentsChick
    AmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    audiodave wrote:
    I'd just like to clarify, that although I felt like that for most of my life, i've now found what it was I was looking for.

    Like I said, I hope you do too. :)

    I hope you don't me asking...if you feel like you can share...what was it that was missing?
    This is the greatest band in the world -- Ben Harper

  • cheeseandrice
    cheeseandrice Posts: 206
    My clarity came when my bastard ex husband called me drunk one night and told me that I would never be anything but a single welfare mom. He was very abusive and a nasty alcoholic. The next month I enrolled in a college that completely changed my life. It led me to a wonderful job, a wonderful husband, a new house and a peace of mind. Gave me the confidence to never look back and to change who I was and become a better wife and mother and a stronger person.

    Clarity= Now that the shades are raised- RVM. I listen to this at least once a week to remind me how far I've come.
    I will hold the candle until it burns up my arm. I'll keep taking punches until their will grows tired. I will stare the sun down until my eyes go blind. I won't change direction and I won't change my mind.
  • clark_kent
    clark_kent Posts: 166
    Jeanie wrote:
    Kryptonite? ;):p

    now im thinking of the spin doctors song :) maybe my sn should be jimmy olson instead :(
    "You've never been out of college, you don't know what it's like out there. I've worked in the private sector... they expect results." -Ray

    Denny Crane!
  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    AmentsChick wrote:
    HAHAH. That was funny!

    Just begged to be said really. :D

    Not making light of Clarke's defining moments though. :)
    NOPE!!!

    *~You're IT Bert!~*

    Hold on to the thread
    The currents will shift

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