Recent content by licorice

Hot chocolate with mint.

Thanks, everyone. It means a lot just to hear that I'm not... shunned for this. I usually keep quiet about my beliefs and preferences to avoid conflict. A few online acquaintances have been in Japan on business in the past, and they were telling me about some of the social norms and...

I was so depressed about living in an alien culture today that I actually cried. I'm just so tired of being different in unchangeable ways and facing bridges social skills won't help me cross no matter how good I become. I don’t know why I am this way, but my values and personality just don’t...

nanowrimo.org :D

They're just not interested in talking about anything but themselves. It would be one thing if we were close friends and they were going through some steep times where it was hard to think about anything else, but we don't know each other very well (or at all online). A couple of the people...

Is anyone participating this year? For those who don't know, NaNoWriMo is a yearly even where people try to write a novel consisting of at least 50,000 words in 30 days. The idea is to enjoy the feeling of satisfaction after finishing a big project, to beat procrastination, and to have a rough...

Are you or do you know of anyone who's the kind of person everyone comes to with their problems? I've been getting that treatment quite a bit recently, especially online, and it's becoming overwhelming. My job consists mainly of working with others, and I have my own troubles... I wouldn't mind...

I'm sorry to hear about your friend. The here one day, gone the next nature of life can hit us hard sometimes.

I think a schedule or a list will help, too, and the simpler the better. If you can manage just a few things a day, then you've laid down the foundations. It's easier to follow something basic at first than to pile it all on at once. Organization isn't for everyone, but some stuff just needs to...

Finishing up NaNoWriMo for the day. :D

I used to have this problem, but I realized that if I treated them as failures before they failed that's what I'd get. Whether it was sabotaging a friendship myself or failing to bring out the good in them.

Worn.

I've seen a big difference between strangers, acquaintances, friends, and close friends when it comes to willingness. I don't think it's unreasonable for people who aren't at least somewhat close to not want to deal with each other's problems, since everyone is trying to shoulder troubles of...

Welcome. Continuation school may be the first step up.

The worst part about reading in front of a class was that there was no tactful way to request that you not have to without telling everyone in the class why. Toss-up between everyone knowing for sure that something is wrong with your speech, or going up there and gambling on being able to get...