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Post by ironhamster on Mar 20, 2019 19:54:15 GMT -5
Question for today: When life gets you down, how do you deal with it? I've found one of the best mood pick-me-ups, when sex with a loving partner is not possible, is a trip to the shooting range. I don't have much preference between pistol or rifle. They both work pretty well. Just the smell of burning gunpowder alone should be enough to lift anybody's spirits, so it surprises me that Yankee Candle has yet to come out with the scent. I know I am not alone in that. In fact, one of my former coworkers was often so frustrated with his boss that he had to change jobs to stay financially solvent, as it would take a box of 44 magnum shells every night before he felt normal again.
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Post by sadkat on Mar 20, 2019 21:10:57 GMT -5
I have a really bad habit of drawing into myself when life gets me down. I tend to obsess about the issues and lose lots of sleep. Walking helps and I’ve started confiding in close friends. I’ve learned that sharing concerns with others who are close to you helps a lot!
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Post by Handy on Mar 20, 2019 21:38:55 GMT -5
When life gets you down, how do you deal with it?
I usually do something physical that gets my heart rate up to near maximum for my age group and something that gets me breathing hard. I wish I could say it was having sex but alas, it is more like working out or riding my bicycle to get an ice tea. Sometimes I go to the gym and sometimes I ride my bike as fast as I can.
Meeting someone interesting while having my ice tea or meeting someone interesting at the gym also helps.
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Post by DryCreek on Mar 21, 2019 0:45:39 GMT -5
I've found one of the best mood pick-me-ups, when sex with a loving partner is not possible, is a trip to the shooting range. Good call. I work near the nation’s largest public shooting range, and taking an afternoon to go skeet shooting on their sporting clay range is both cheap and deeply satisfying. “Pull!”
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Post by sadkat on Mar 21, 2019 9:19:31 GMT -5
Question for today- What do you do when you have to have a hard conversation with someone?
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Post by greatcoastal on Mar 21, 2019 9:30:11 GMT -5
Question for today- What do you do when you have to have a hard conversation with someone? Avoid it, put it off, worry far too much about it, and then, when the last minute arrives, hope I am prepared to fall back on my past experiences, and word my 'defense' appropriately. I have learned more and more about " to thine own self be true" and not feeling a false sense of guilt for setting and enforcing boundaries for what is rightfully ( and sometimes legally) mine.
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Post by h on Mar 21, 2019 9:57:29 GMT -5
Question for today- What do you do when you have to have a hard conversation with someone? Usually the worst possible option. I avoid the conversation and pretend the problem doesn't exist. If that doesn't work, I've been known to avoid the person. Usually this avoidance allows small problems to grow into big problems and makes things much worse but somehow I manage to continue not learning from this bad habit.
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Post by baza on Mar 21, 2019 19:27:26 GMT -5
Question for today- What do you do when you have to have a hard conversation with someone? Usually the worst possible option. I avoid the conversation and pretend the problem doesn't exist. If that doesn't work, I've been known to avoid the person. Usually this avoidance allows small problems to grow into big problems and makes things much worse but somehow I manage to continue not learning from this bad habit. I suffered from this same "avoidant contagion" for a lot of years too Brother h . But I didn't really know that I was doing it for a loooong time. When I did realise what I was doing, it hit me like a ton of bricks. Very confronting. And it wasn't something I could readily change either. The fact that you recognise what you're doing, and appear to be taking ownership of it is a great thing. If you "know" something, you might be able to manage it. If you don't know, or stay in denial that you know, there's not much chance of addressing it. You are a bit ahead of the game here mate.
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Post by sadkat on Mar 21, 2019 20:04:31 GMT -5
I do a much better job at having tough conversations at work. Probably because I know I must. I do a lot of stressing and preparing before the actual conversation. I’m learning in my personal life, I’m not so good at it. I’ve been having to do more of it lately and it’s been very difficult. At times, I’ve not done well but I guess I’ll learn and get better with practice!
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Post by angeleyes65 on Mar 21, 2019 22:41:52 GMT -5
sadkat. You got this! Stay strong you're worth it.
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Post by sadkat on Mar 22, 2019 8:34:36 GMT -5
Question for today-
What would your perfect morning be like?
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Post by isthisit on Mar 22, 2019 9:04:26 GMT -5
Question for today- What would your perfect morning be like? Just like my perfect Saturday night.
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Post by h on Mar 22, 2019 12:45:36 GMT -5
Question for today- What would your perfect morning be like? Depends. If my W is interested in me, my ideal morning would mean staying in our warm bed late😉. We can go for a relaxing breakfast at the diner after. As this isn't usually the case, my second choice would be in the Fall, drinking my thermos of coffee, watching the sun rise either from my tree stand during deer season, or in the marsh waiting for ducks. Everything quiet except for the wind rustling the leaves and cattails and the trickle of water running over the beaver dams.
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Post by Handy on Mar 22, 2019 14:40:23 GMT -5
A good Saturday morning would consist getting up late, then taking time to make waffles, eggs (your style) and browning a piece of lean ham, then several cups of coffee. Then do a few easy inside the house chores and then the same thing with a few easy outside chores.
It had been a cold winter so I had to ride the exercise bike indoors. Now that it has warmed up, a bike ride on the old railroad spur-turned to a bike/walking trail would be where I want to go next. The trail also goes to a keep-it-wild county park that has more walking-bike trails with tunnels of trees you can go through.
Maybe for lunch some tacos from the taco joint.
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Post by angeleyes65 on Mar 23, 2019 21:35:11 GMT -5
A good Sat morning could be sitting outside listening to the birds while drinking coffee. Or sleeping in and snuggling with my bf then cooking breakfast together .
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