tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877701130694862048.post8138904869389364701..comments2023-10-15T05:37:40.094-05:00Comments on Simply, Valorie: the elephant in the room. the big, graduating elephant in the room.Simply Valoriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16750464898156390331noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877701130694862048.post-55333722530787598482011-08-24T17:00:26.495-05:002011-08-24T17:00:26.495-05:00It's easy to feel like you need to fit in to a...It's easy to feel like you need to fit in to a "success box" (meet the standards taht you think people around you have for what is considered successful). If you spend to much time trying to live up to what you think other people expect of you you'll lose sight of what you expect for yourself, what you want for youself. And the kicker is that 99% of the time what you think other people expect of you is all in your head.Kirbyhttp://kirbymelissahappiness.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877701130694862048.post-13865850555872972762011-08-23T23:00:42.059-05:002011-08-23T23:00:42.059-05:00girlfriend, i feel like you are putting this press...girlfriend, i feel like you are putting this pressure on yourself. i'm not there to see how people are actually treating about this to know whether or not my assumption is correct, but i think you need to quit worrying about what everyone else is thinking and just focus on yourself. shut the window that is your life and ignore those outside voices. they are not you. they do not live your life. <br /><br />you are the one to make your decisions. and you're not going to be a failure or fall short of anything unless you let other people run your life for you. just relax a little bit. i hope writing it all down helped you put some things in perspective though. sometimes writing just makes everything better, whether you post it to blog world or not. <br /><br />life will rock. just let it :) <br />\\natalieNataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17175106773453711033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877701130694862048.post-76711374808690400692011-08-23T16:21:58.605-05:002011-08-23T16:21:58.605-05:00my advice - not that you want it but here it is - ...my advice - not that you want it but here it is - is to enjoy college for as long as you can. I had a job fall in my lap a month before graduation but honestly I would have been happy to keep working at Blue Baker as I was my senior year. I'm a year out and still have no idea what I "want to do" - and all those nay-sayers shut up eventually. (except for my grandma, but she's old & stubborn)<br /><br />remember it's your life, and whoever actually loves you will stick around and have your back.<br /><br />and I have a couch you're welcome to sleep on come December when you're poor and broke (you liberal art majors! tsk tsk!)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18163097334978270648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877701130694862048.post-83147825466221767512011-08-23T16:17:46.203-05:002011-08-23T16:17:46.203-05:00Take a deep breath, sweetie. You have nothing to ...Take a deep breath, sweetie. You have nothing to prove. For goodness sake, you are about to graduate college, you spent a summer in CHINA! Not many people can say that. You just have to breathe and keep moving forward. Let life lead you. I know that seems so vague right now, but I am speaking on experience.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13882744458676551462noreply@blogger.com