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    What's Up in August 2016?

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    :P Thank you  :friends0:  I'm the only applicant so the only way I won't get it is if I royally screw up. Which, considering I panicked and left work today, is a distinct possibility. But heyo, we'll see I guess.

     

    Still, the Higher-Ups were pushing you to put your application in, so they do seem happy with you ? :)

    What's Up in August 2016?

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    I'm about to go out and locate my classes. School starts Thursday and as I'm totally unfamiliar with this campus, I need to get out and locate some important places; coffee shops, cafeteria,library, lab...you know, university stuff. Then its back home to putter around and do some writing.

     

    Best of luck with your classes. :)

    What's Up in August 2016?

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    I had a manager at work who made me feel worthless and an outcast in a dept I'd worked in long before he came along - that led to stress, depression and full blown anxiety attacks. I already had a partner on anti depressants through work stress and I was clear I didn't want that route - but neither could things continue as they were. Hence the hypnotherapy. It was a slow process but yes it changed me gradually, in a positive way. I don't spend every day bouncing on a light and fluffy cloud by any means! :) But I guess at the time I was in a corner with no way of continuing as I was, so change was inevitable. But for me it was a positive thing. And ultimately it just helped me deal with things and function normally again.

    It also taught me to worry less about things - most things we worry about never happen, after all. :) Anyway, I seem to have wandered off the point a bit so I'll shut up :)

     

     

     

    Well, that stinks. Glad that there was a rainbow at the end of it ! :)

    Little Pixie`s Bookshelf 2016

    in Past Book Logs

    Posted · Edited by Little Pixie

    Well, my alarm clock stopped working ( the alarm hadn`t worked for ages, and then I had to add 5 hours to get the correct time.. ) so I`m buying a new one from Amazon - and of course, I had to buy some books so that I`d spent enough to get free p&p.  ;)

     

    Books : Death and the Olive Grove - Marco Vichi ( £2.81 ) - I read the first in the series and really liked it.

     

    The Girl on the Train - Paula Hawkins ( £3.85 for a new hardback atm ! :D )

     

    Notorious Nineteen - Janet Evanovich ( £2.80 )

     

    And this is the alarm clock .  :)

    Top 5 (or 10) Wednesday

    in General Book Discussions

    Posted

    Ooh, good one. :D

     

    I`ve picked The Big Sleep - Raymond Chandler. Whenever I`m feeling a bit low, I pick the book up and read the first couple of paragraphs, and it cheers me up a bit.  :blush2:

     

    " It was about eleven o`clock in the morning, mid October, with the sun not shining and a lot of hard wet rain in the clearness of the foothills." :)

    Which author do you wish had written more?

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    Torrey Chanslor . She wrote two books in the 1930's-ish, entitled Our First Murder, Our Second Murder ; in them, two spinster aunts inherit a New York detective agency and hilarity ensues. The books are just delightful, but she felt that she should spend her time illustrating children's' books, cos that would encourage a new generation of readers, so gave up her writing career. Sniff.

    What's Up in August 2016?

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    I've never done anything to address my anxiety. A) Expenses, I'm really broke. And B), I have this weird thing about how if I didn't have my anxiety I would firstly never do anything again, as anxiety is what drives me to do stuff, not motivation, and secondly I would be a whole other person. I can't imagine who I would be, and that's scary to me. I'm sure hypnotherapy can work for some people - depends on how suggestible/open your mind is. At the end of the day the mind is a very malleable thing and easily influenced. I'm not sure it would work on me, though, I'm too guarded I think. Some people have suggested Cognitive Behavioral Therapy too, to try change the anxious behaviors and processes I have. I also don't think that would work on me, to be honest. I have a feeling I'd wind up going down the medication route, and I don't want to do that either. But I can't afford any of it anyway, so its moot.

     

    Uggghh spiders. I had two wander up my leg while I was sitting on my bed yesterday reading. Dunno what it is about me and my bed, but spiders love both! :roll:

    - butts into conversation -

     

    Noll, a few years ago I took up Healing, Tai Chi and reflexology, and went through a lot of changes; I felt like I could see who I'd been and who I was becoming at the same time and it was a bit scary. Anyway, I talked to a friend about it, and she pointed out that I would change through experiences and through anyone I was in contact with too, not just through stuff I was doing to help myself - and that helped me with the feeling that I was going through this whole evolution thingy.

     

    I don't know if that's a similar thing for you or if it's at all helpful, but I thought I'd butt in.;)

     

    Good luck with the interview ; maybe if you feel flustered, you could say that you do really well on paper rather than verbally ? Erm, unless your job involves a lot of verbal interaction.

    Little Pixie`s Bookshelf 2016

    in Past Book Logs

    Posted

    Sorry to hear about your migraines :(. How was The Jane Austen Book Club? I have the movie of that book.

     

     

    Thanks. :)  

     

    There was a lot that I liked about the Karen Joy Fowler book, but once I finished it, I felt a bit unsatisfied. I had trouble keeping the characters clear in my mind - although there are only 5 women and one man.

     

    I have the film on tape, and I`m looking forward to seeing it. :)

     

     I hope you enjoy all your new books  :)!

     

     

    Thanks ! :D  I hope you enjoy Ghostly Paws when you get to it. :)

    Little Pixie`s Bookshelf 2016

    in Past Book Logs

    Posted

    Ooh, I have looked at Ghostly Paws recently, the I have just found the Leighann Dobbs Cozy Mystery Collection Kindle Edition - 4 novels for free!

     

    Yes ! I downloaded that ( I previously had Ghostly Paws on its own, also for free ). Then I downloaded a paid-for-book, `cos I felt I should be a bit supportive of a writer. :blush2:  Plus, her new book looks like something I`d enjoy. :D

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