Wednesday, June 1, 2005

Turmoil

I'm feeling a lot of stress right now. A relationship has ended. I'm jobless. I have projects out the wazoo, and no idea of how I'm going to organize and prioritize them (my latest desperate attempt involves using Outlook's Tasks).

So maybe that's why, when I did something that I thought was right, I started bawling as if I had just made a horrible sacrifice.

I did give something up. But it wasn't something I needed. It was something I wanted. I mean, I really wanted it. I wasn't expecting the offer, but then there it was.

I turned it down.

Do I think this makes me noble? Am I looking for praise? Did I really turn it down out of the desire to keep my would-be benefactor in the black? Or did I do it because I wanted to impress her with my selflessness?

Am I a good person? Do I do the right thing, in general? Why are there problems I can't solve in a way that makes everyone happy?

I wish I was wise.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Was this me? M

Heather Meadows said...

Er. Yeah.

But you better not feel guilty about my neuroses! :>

We can talk about it later today, after I get home from my internship.

Anonymous said...

I have NO CLUE what you're talking about, but I hope things go well with it all, Hea Hea!! :) I'm here for you.

Heather Meadows said...

Thanks, Brookie...

I'm just going a little nuts. Don't mind me.

Sorry I missed your phone call earlier; I turn my phone off when I arrive here at 8 am, and don't turn it back on except during lunch. Hopefully we can do lunch together some other day.