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« on: February 22, 2010, 11:24:07 PM » |
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We are calling this the "Getting to Know ME Game" because this round we will throw out questions that are all about making you think. We’ll just see where it goes, and remember…there are no wrong answers, so just express yourself and have fun. Thanks!
So, the first question:
Is it crazier to choose to be poor or to spend 40 years of your life hating 40 hours a week?
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« Reply #1 on: February 23, 2010, 03:17:00 PM » |
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We are calling this the "Getting to Know ME Game" because this round we will throw out questions that are all about making you think. We’ll just see where it goes, and remember…there are no wrong answers, so just express yourself and have fun. Thanks!
So, the first question:
Is it crazier to choose to be poor or to spend 40 years of your life hating 40 hours a week?
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« Reply #2 on: February 23, 2010, 07:35:27 PM » |
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I spent 10+ years hating 65 hours a week, but now I am not terribly fond of our financial situation. The only thing I miss from the old job is the money. Since leaving the old job I no longer have constant acid reflux, nor do I hate the life I am living. I will choose being poor as the "saner" choice.
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« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2010, 10:08:11 PM » |
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I would choose being poor over hating a job. Because for me if I hate a job it is going to affect my work performance and my attitude
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« Reply #4 on: February 24, 2010, 11:09:26 PM » |
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I learned a hard lesson at a job that was toxic….I got physically ill from the stress. I started getting bouts of kidney stones, my hair was falling out, and I was coming home so tired that all I could do is go to bed and pray that I could get enough sleep to function the next day. My toxic boss unfairly fired me, but…once away from that environment, I never got another kidney stone and I started sleeping a lot better. So I definitely think it is worse to spend 40 years hating 40 hours a week.
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« Reply #5 on: February 24, 2010, 11:11:04 PM » |
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2. How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?
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« Reply #6 on: February 25, 2010, 10:20:06 AM » |
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1 for me i worked nursing homes it was a love hate relationship and was always struggling to make it but i felt good about me now on disability struggling but dont feel good about me so for i ever me all i ever known was poor
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« Reply #7 on: February 25, 2010, 10:21:49 AM » |
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2 the way i feel maybe 80 something (am 48)
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« Reply #8 on: February 25, 2010, 10:39:32 AM » |
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depends on the time of day: early am, Id be about 60
afternoon and such, Id be about 12
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« Reply #9 on: February 26, 2010, 05:24:12 PM » |
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Me too….totally depends on the time of day. In the morning, I feel very old indeed. Lately I feel old due to pain a lot too. Not sure what exact age to put on it, since I have known 80 year olds that got around better than me when I first wake up or am in pain.  |
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« Reply #10 on: February 26, 2010, 05:26:15 PM » |
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3. If life is so short, why do we do so many things we don’t like and like so many things we don’t do?
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« Reply #11 on: February 26, 2010, 09:43:47 PM » |
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If life is so short, why do we do so many things we don’t like and like so many things we don’t do
for me cause i always use to want to be what i was not
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« Reply #12 on: February 28, 2010, 05:59:46 PM » |
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I think fear holds me back from doing things I really want to do sometimes. I am used to making myself do things I need to do by walking through the fear using the tools of recovery. Maybe it is time to apply those same tools in this area.
As far as doing things I don’t like, my problem there is not being able to set and enforce boundaries. I am able to set them today, still working on enforcing them.
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« Reply #13 on: March 23, 2010, 12:55:21 PM » |
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Sorry it has been awhile since the last question….
4. Do you push the elevator button more than once? Do you really believe it makes the elevator faster? How does this relate to everyday life in recovery for you?
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« Reply #14 on: March 24, 2010, 02:09:13 AM » |
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4 once i have patients today that na tought me
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