mlerules

Nearly a year later...and I'm back. Have been so on 'n' off, but now it's feeling here to stay long(er)-term. Time to challenge myself re: time and expectations...perhaps.

I have a pref'd mode of communication style(s) that doesn't always mesh well w/others' [gr?]. I know this. Mebbe I forget this? Mebbe I've not been flexible enough?

A Failed Experiment = An Oppo for Learning. Yet how/when does one draw that line 'tween being true to oneself vs. being open and understanding and accepting (enough) of others? (Figuring out what's "enough" is key.) Sometimes it feels as I'm too giving/open/accepting....as if I don't look out for myself enough. Yet sometimes I require too much w/out necessarily realizing it myself. What to DO about?

Hmm, I could pay more attention to myself and whassup w/me. It sounds incredibly selfish and I'm somewhat loathe to do it, yet I realize it must needs happen. Phew; good to realize this. Not quite sure how to manifest it aka Make It So, but I now vow to try to pay more 'n' better attention, figure out how to act appropriately, and then do so.

Life Skill(s) training time. Need to be happy on own. Need to not be too needy. Heh. LOL at self time. EEP! said w/smile on face and whilst knodding my head.

A life skill I need and want to work on: knowing when to say when...and saying it then.

Meanwhile, I do wonder that you think of when someone says they like to "Go Deep?" (No, I'm not meaning sexually, so get yr minds outta the gutter/wherever ;-)

CAVEAT: This post isn't triggered by anything in particular, but rather a bunch of l'il things that've cropped up over the last however long. Some recent readings have helped along some of my self-examination which's led to this thought-tuff, such as this Petting Zoo essay on How to Communicate> by