Positive Change - Facebook

From: http://www.tenthousandquestions.com/search/label/gratitude
Positive change
Think of the good things that have come into your life recently. What is one thing you didn't have a year ago that is now an important and valued part of your daily life?

* Did this thing arrive in your life through pure luck, or did you go looking for it?
* How might your life be different now without it?

Well I started my Facebook around a year ago, I think, and that has been a good way of keeping up with people and meeting up again with people I used to know when I was younger. I get really attached to people so it's nice to even be peripherally involved in someone's life of whom I have good memories. I also am able to keep up with Amber more easily through Facebook than my email. Also Tim (Amber's husband) initiated positive contact with me through Facebook and that's what started our friendship and email correspondence, which has also impacted my relationship with Amber positively. Without Facebook I'd miss some people still more than I have to now and I probably would be more distant from Amber and Tim. I just had a random urge one day to try Facebook... Now I use it daily.

Whom I Expected to Become

From: http://www.tenthousandquestions.com/search?updated-min=2009-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-05%3A00&updated-max=2010-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-05%3A00&max-results=50

Who *is* that person??
We all have ideas when we're young about who we're going to be, and what we're going to do with our lives. What aspect of your current life would surprise your younger self?

I would probably be surprised I wasn't working and hadn't succeeded in some field, at least a little bit. There were a variety of careers I went through phases of being interested in when I was younger, so I don't think one specific type of job would be what I expected to have. I also probably wouldn't expect myself to be in a romantic relationship. I imagined relationships with romantic aspects to them, but I never thought of myself as having a boyfriend and husband (or girlfriend or wife). It probably wouldn't be too surprising my father died when I was in high school because I knew smoking was dangerous, though I didn't realize he was an alcoholic and that could also be dangerous (I assumed his drinking habits were normal and he'd lie about how much he drank, too). I don't really think too much about my lifestyle would be surprising to me because my interests and feelings haven't changed too much over time. I feel like I've always been the same person. I still do art and writing though I don't make any money off of them, and those were always major interests for me. Even though the idea of sexuality repulsed me for a long time (probably partly due to PTSD from childhood things) I still imagined growing very close to people when my father no longer controlled my life. I always had problems going to school, so I guess I shouldn't have been surprised I'd be disabled and unable to work most jobs. My appearance isn't vastly different. I was always very small, but not bony.

Rainbow Quiz

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5 Gratitudes

1. Visiting April and Phil
2. Reading Wish volume 2
3. The early evening rain
4. Feeling better about my body image today
5. Michael helping me with my writing and calming me down