Thanks, guys - have an awesome shabbos!

Been having a rough few days, trying to stay positive. Trying to remember that life is an adventure, so I should be enjoying it, right?

silentbattle wrote on 27 Feb 2011 12:57:

You'd be surprised...

There's probably someone from GYE in a neighborhood near you.

--Eye.

sb, now im here too.
didnt see your thread high up for too long
now, just go out the side door to the alley
go over two houses to the right
open the back gate
watch out for the deadly rabbies infected dogs...
now, knock on the door
he may be a gye too
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must go back and reread prvious sedra of your thread....
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please stay strong

Thanks!

Yeah, I tried that - I just got a funny look, and then he slammed the door in my face. Then I heard him saying to his wife something like, "just another guy getting drunk before purim!"

silentbattle wrote on 27 Feb 2011 12:57:


just come live in london.... 

Tempting... ;D ;D

I've been wasting time these last few days, pushing off taking care of things. I need to work on focusing on the priorities.

Priorities means spending more time talking with my wife, taking positive steps towards figuring out my future in the job field, preparing for various situations that life is bringing.

structure
goals
planning
zeal
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the acronym of these things is actually "poltregeist"
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my whole join up with GYE in the first place was when i lost my schedule and structure (and mind)

hi!
what's doing in SilentBattleLand?

Tzaddik90 - you're right. I just need to get better at implementing.

ZS - boruch hashem, working on things. We have to see how things develop. I have to learn about letting go and letting things develop.

One of the main messages of purim, the reason for all the simcha - Hashem is always there for us, he's always taking care of us, even when when it's hard to see and we don't feel it.

I've been turning inward this past week, starting to get paralyzed. Never a good thing. I need to move forward, make decisions, act.

Oh, and be positive.

Laziness/ slowness of action comes from depression/worry-Ari'zal
also in sharei kdusha

simcha gives powerful energy

R twerski teaches that when we are undecided, just reach out and pick one, you can adjust later if u want, but we must always keep consistent with our constant energy and mind

we also often think that once we make a decision, we cannot back out-it is falsehood

we can try a new job,
try a new job and get a card to the JCC
or become a proffesional piano player
or go back to kollel and become a ganenet


ain safek motzee miday vaday, so for security we like to freeze

but our minds catch up to us and get impatient

Hey SB

The last few times I've looked at your thread, I've noticed that we've been going through similar things at the same time. Maybe we have the same birthday or something?

Thanks for your post TZ90, that helps me in some way, although my rabbi said I should not give up my day job.

SB, I read yesterday: To get started, just tell yourself "I'm going to do this for two minutes" By making it a small task, it's easier to get started and that should get the momentum going.
Also, focus on the rewards of getting it done.

Have a Good Shabbos

Wait - maybe we're the same person! THAT would be weird, right? Multiple personalities, and at least 2 of them are Lust addicts?!

Thanks, though - that is good advice.

Tzadik90, your advice is excellent, too, and I may use it. The problem is that changing decisions can cost money and time - sometimes, a lot of it. Whether it's a deicsion about where to live (moving costs can run thousands), which job to pursue (school can cost tens of thousands, and several years), or which school to go to (diferent programs ca take twice as long, and some will prepare you better than others).

So although sometimes we need to make that leap anyway, that's part of why it's so scary.

russian roulette,
it solves everything.......