Struggling to be

[Former-Member]

Let me be the first to say happy birthday @Aonaran!  I hope you have a lovely day.  It'll have to be a coffee toast from me as I'm at work.  Any plans for the day?

[Aonaran]

Hi @Former-Member,

Thanks for the kind thoughts!  😉

Nope, no plans.  In fact ... I've been awake all night, so I'm about to toddle off doona-wards.

Have a good day!

Aonaran

[Appleblossom]

Thanks for telling us about your birthday @Aonaran .. sometimes that is very hard to do .. hope the dreams are good and your doona cosy.

PS I like the pointer to Robert Bly and your discussion about shame ... please keep talking.

[PeppiPatty]

Oh @Aonaran

My online friend my mentor into intellect....

Happy Birthday to You

Kindest happiest hello to you From Anne 

[PeppiPatty]

Dear @Aonaran

My online friend ....my mentor into intellect....

Happy Birthday to You

Kindest happiest hello to you From Anne 

[Aonaran]

Dear @PeppiPatty,

Thanks Anne!  You're very kind!  😉  (I think we all mentor each other, don't we?  Isn't that how it works?)

I got a whole bunch of automated birthday messages from websites, most of which wanted something from me, including one from a porn site I've certainly never been to that included links I'm assuming were phishing or ransomware attempts, and one from an IT forum that I was permanently banned from over a year ago.  (Not my fault, and my ears still burn when I think about it.  But I guess no-one in gaol is ever guilty, either.)

What a wonderful world we're making for ourselves, eh?

And I've gone back to uni (online).  It's only orientation week, and I'm already feeling overwhelmed. O mo chreach 'sa' thàinig.  What have I done?!

[NikNik]

Happy birthday @Aonaran !

I hope you're not spending your birthday writing uni essays 🙂

[Aonaran]

Thanks so much, @NikNik!  😉

No, the essays start next week.  This week, I'm just kacking myself.

[NikNik]

I don't miss those essays 🙂

I do miss the challenge of learning new things and testing my own beliefs and understanding of complex concepts!

May I ask, what you're studying?

[Aonaran]

Of course, @NikNik,

It's a Bachelor of Communications in Professional Writing and Publishing.

Far too late to have a career, but I need to get some cogs turning.  They've been gummed up for a while now, and the pull towards letting it stay that way is frighteningly strong.