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dolariResolutions going into 2014.
1) Get a PO Box. We need one.
2) In late 2010, I became very very very sick, and lost 75 pounds from ketoacidosis. I knew I wouldn't keep it all off, but I looked at it as a second chance. I managed to keep most of it off for several years, and have since put 35 of it back on. Not bad, I'm still keeping more off than I gained...but at the same time, it's because I fell off my meticulously maintained wagon thanks to some medications that fix depression, but make you crave anything sugary. While I'm off my meds, and the depression is gone, and my sugar numbers are fine...I'm still off the wagon. I will get back on it. The goal isn't to lose weight, but to be healthy, which is directly dependent on my weight (higher weight numbers = higher sugar numbers).
As an aside (because I've had to fight this a lot), I would like to put out there that my losing weight to remain off my insulin IS NOT FAT SHAMING. I'm doing this for me, and I'm not judging you. If you are happy with your weight, I am happy. I judge you on whether you're a good person, not your dress size.
3) A friend of mine has recently noted, that I have been too helpful, in a good way. I do help people, and try to be a resource. But I've done it at the expense of my own well-being. I gave up my home and five years of life for one person. And sometimes, I am attacked for helping (there's a reason I don't do much TG activism anymore). That friend has told me I need to start taking care of me. Be helpful, yes, but not at the expense of yourself. Be selfish sometimes. Do what you need to do. Live. And I will.
4) Persuant to that, I'm rededicating myself to my art and writing. My output has dropped severely over the last few years, wether due to health issues or working for Nintendo. While working for Nintendo was amazing, the energy I put into the job drained me. That's no longer an issue. I need to get back into my head that my job is for feeding my stomach, and the writing and comics are for feeding my head. I'm still keeping to my schedule of "It's done when I'm happy with it" but I'm hoping this will be more often. Maybe even back to weekly. Eventually.
5) Stop pinning for Nintendo. You gave them four years and five attempts to get hired. Try #6 wasn't decisive...but in the end you had to go home. It's not the best way to leave...there'll always be "What if there was just a little more time" but there you go. You'll always have amazing memories, and the reawakened gamer to thank them for.
6) We REALLY need that PO Box. :)
1) Get a PO Box. We need one.
2) In late 2010, I became very very very sick, and lost 75 pounds from ketoacidosis. I knew I wouldn't keep it all off, but I looked at it as a second chance. I managed to keep most of it off for several years, and have since put 35 of it back on. Not bad, I'm still keeping more off than I gained...but at the same time, it's because I fell off my meticulously maintained wagon thanks to some medications that fix depression, but make you crave anything sugary. While I'm off my meds, and the depression is gone, and my sugar numbers are fine...I'm still off the wagon. I will get back on it. The goal isn't to lose weight, but to be healthy, which is directly dependent on my weight (higher weight numbers = higher sugar numbers).
As an aside (because I've had to fight this a lot), I would like to put out there that my losing weight to remain off my insulin IS NOT FAT SHAMING. I'm doing this for me, and I'm not judging you. If you are happy with your weight, I am happy. I judge you on whether you're a good person, not your dress size.
3) A friend of mine has recently noted, that I have been too helpful, in a good way. I do help people, and try to be a resource. But I've done it at the expense of my own well-being. I gave up my home and five years of life for one person. And sometimes, I am attacked for helping (there's a reason I don't do much TG activism anymore). That friend has told me I need to start taking care of me. Be helpful, yes, but not at the expense of yourself. Be selfish sometimes. Do what you need to do. Live. And I will.
4) Persuant to that, I'm rededicating myself to my art and writing. My output has dropped severely over the last few years, wether due to health issues or working for Nintendo. While working for Nintendo was amazing, the energy I put into the job drained me. That's no longer an issue. I need to get back into my head that my job is for feeding my stomach, and the writing and comics are for feeding my head. I'm still keeping to my schedule of "It's done when I'm happy with it" but I'm hoping this will be more often. Maybe even back to weekly. Eventually.
5) Stop pinning for Nintendo. You gave them four years and five attempts to get hired. Try #6 wasn't decisive...but in the end you had to go home. It's not the best way to leave...there'll always be "What if there was just a little more time" but there you go. You'll always have amazing memories, and the reawakened gamer to thank them for.
6) We REALLY need that PO Box. :)
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Date: 2014-01-01 06:03 am (UTC)