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I'm taking forever to reply to comments anywhere, and having trouble finding time to read things, as well.

But! I'm still intensely curious about people's replies to the shyness post I made a while ago, and have found the replies so far to be fascinating external perspectives of myself.

So if anyone else feels like replying, that'd be nifty. And, of course, no worries if not! :)

[link.me]

I'm taking forever to reply to comments anywhere, and having trouble finding time to read things, as well.

But! I'm still intensely curious about people's replies to the shyness post I made a while ago, and have found the replies so far to be fascinating external perspectives of myself.

So if anyone else feels like replying, that'd be nifty. And, of course, no worries if not! :)

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bradhicks explains that Democrats have lost the war of ideas.

I strongly suggest - if you have not already read them - you follow his links in that post to three other things he explained.

Definitely wish I had time to add him to my reading list. Very much, I do!

[link.political & explanatory]

bradhicks explains that Democrats have lost the war of ideas.

I strongly suggest - if you have not already read them - you follow his links in that post to three other things he explained.

Definitely wish I had time to add him to my reading list. Very much, I do!

[word & a link] 'business' and the state of being busy

It frequently frustrates me that when I want to refer to the state of being busy - business - I constantly run into the common meaning of that word. So I cannot use it.

And yet. And yet!

I never noticed that, all too often, business _is_ all about being busy, which link was pointed to by postvixen in this post.

The funny thing? I'm much too often aware of my propensity for doing too many things at once. For forgetting to take time to relax and chill. And then it bites me, by making me unable to sleep, usually, but if I let it go on too long, making me _COMPLETELY_ anti-social no matter what the season. (Anyone remember my mental state last summer? :) I simply am not one who _can_ work constantly - I have never been. Can't do things like leaving things to the last minute, because if I do that they _won't_ get done. Can't do constant fire fighting (figuratively) because it kills my mental state.

And _still_ I so often have to struggle to remember to chill out and just be. (meditation may not always actually work for me, but even trying it helps immensely)

I often wonder if this is why one of the things that I most prefer to do when I am visiting with friends is simply to sit. Chat a bit, if we want to, but not if we don't. And why I have such difficulty with people who don't seem to know how to turn _off_ their intensity.

[word & a link] 'business' and the state of being busy

It frequently frustrates me that when I want to refer to the state of being busy - business - I constantly run into the common meaning of that word. So I cannot use it.

And yet. And yet!

I never noticed that, all too often, business _is_ all about being busy, which link was pointed to by postvixen in this post.

The funny thing? I'm much too often aware of my propensity for doing too many things at once. For forgetting to take time to relax and chill. And then it bites me, by making me unable to sleep, usually, but if I let it go on too long, making me _COMPLETELY_ anti-social no matter what the season. (Anyone remember my mental state last summer? :) I simply am not one who _can_ work constantly - I have never been. Can't do things like leaving things to the last minute, because if I do that they _won't_ get done. Can't do constant fire fighting (figuratively) because it kills my mental state.

And _still_ I so often have to struggle to remember to chill out and just be. (meditation may not always actually work for me, but even trying it helps immensely)

I often wonder if this is why one of the things that I most prefer to do when I am visiting with friends is simply to sit. Chat a bit, if we want to, but not if we don't. And why I have such difficulty with people who don't seem to know how to turn _off_ their intensity.