Stifled. I’m feeling stifled for no apparent reason. <\/p>\n
The job, henceforth known as the Think Tank, is not turning out to be all I wanted, but neither is it turning into something that is onerous. Life chugs along at a pleasant, undramatic pace, and while writing isn’t all that I want it to be, I’ve rather pleasantly stumbled upon an idea for another novel. The news still frustrates; indeed, things are so bad that we’re seriously contemplating putting next year’s taxes into a trust fund and instead of filing sending the IRS a nice letter that says “When I get full rights, you can have my money. Sue us.” (To put this in perspective, it wasn’t my idea and you know the frustration level is high when a Ph.D candidate economist with 16 years experience in the field suggests opting out of the economy.)<\/p>\n
Perhaps it’s simply February, that most horrible of months that is both the shortest in days and the slowest in the passage of time.<\/p>\n
Perhaps I need more stimulation. I’m certainly not getting enough shuttling from the job to home to the job to the grocery story and around and around.<\/p>\n
But how does someone like me, happily (enough) in a relationship, more than slightly introverted, entirely over the bar scene, and still burned out on volunteering learn to live juicy again? And did I ever do it in the first place?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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