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Why is the Minnesota forum always so quiet?
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Just updated
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cool profile/pix, but i see nothing about the person you are looking for... peace Thanks for pointing that out.... I took care of it. I wasn't really sure what to write so I gave it my best and we'll see how it goes. |
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Just updated
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The dead fish you are holding has HUGE issues about his role in your profile.  
He wasn't dead lol. He was alive and well, and after the picture I threw him back in the lake and he swam away. |
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Just updated
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I just updated my profile, put new information, a new picture, and a new link up..... Check 'em out!
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Same thing happens to me! I carry mine on my hip as well. It will happen at work a lot, but when I get home I'll put it on the table, and I still feel it from time to time. And even though I know it's on the table, I still reach to my hip for it.
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How do you know when you're stretching yourself too thin? Right now I'm working 40-50 hours a week at a dead-end factory job, being a full-time student at Colorado Technical University Online, and now looking for a second job to help pay the bills. Needless to say my social life my take a small hit, but I feel like it's necessary, and I'm positive I can keep a healthy social life (even if it's not as often). Has anyone else ever been in a situation like this? How do you know if it's too much? Anyone have any pointers to help me keep my sanity over the next year? Work less, fish more. 
You're stretched too thin if you can't afford your lifestyle, or you sacrifice your happiness just so you can afford it. JMO 
It's not so much that I can't afford my lifestyle. It's the fact that I pay $250 for rent (which is a steal), but I'm also paying $185.25 a month for school, as well as my $100 a month for my car, which I bought from a friend so he's really flexible on the payments, which is great. The rest of it basically comes down to gas, food, the occasional vet bill, and recently my car has been acting up (since I'm the third owner, but the first one that knows how to fix a car) so I've been having to buy replacement parts. While it may be cheaper than taking it to a shop, it still adds up. I still need to get new brakes and new struts, then everything should be good. Unfortunately, all these odds and ends expenses add up to my entire check, so I really have no choice other than to get a second job, but my health might be suffering slightly (pinched nerves, chest pains, exhaustion, etc.) I have a habit of pushing myself too much, but these days it almost seems necessary. |
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Stress Busters Pray daily. It will get easier with practice. Use a calendar and a journal to keep up the details of a hectic life. Make a worry list and spend an hour a week, or if you must an hour a day thinking through your concerns and brain storming solutions then spend another hour actually resolveing what you can then put it out of your mind. Eat breakfast every day. Juice, protein, wholegrain, and milk. Skip the Caffine. Streach and exercise if you need to jump start your energy. Carry a water bottle and fill it twice daily. Dehydration contributes to muscle fatigue, spasams, headaches, and poor digestion which all contribute to stress. Take a generic multi-vitamin and skip all the vitamin energy drinks. They can cause serious health issues. Many have basiclly over the counter amphetimines. Study in the morning when your brain is more absorbent. Spend time with a friend or mentor each day or at least several times a week. In the bar does NOT count. On line friends are great but they can not replace in person contact. I am not talking about co-workers or the cashier at the store. Do not work yourself to the ground to support a vehical. Get a bike or a bus pass and park the vehical as much as possible; or trade in what you have for a cheaper vehical. Find a house share situation while you are in school. Could be that you could do better in and on campus school as a dorm advisor. Or a house parent for a group home. As a pair of strong hands for a senior. Do not assume that the only way you can increase income as a student is working. Go on line and apply for scholarships. Check in and see if while you have limited means if you qualify for discounts or rebates. You are probably qualified for $350 Renter's rebate for one. I could suggest others. If you are a VET there are a lot of resources there. Go to bed before you are exhausted. If you get too tired you will not rest well. You get really tense and put your arms over your head (not uncommon for Vets or people who are sleeping in noisey areas) which will give you chest spasams. If you have a poor rest schedule you may have to train yourself to go to sleep. Relaxation techniques and routines and cleaning up your sleep environment can help a lot. Last but not least Put this all in a frame. You can either be young and stressed and poor for a few short years while you are in school or you can live your whole life that way and be old and stressed and poor. Hope some of these work for you. Hugs! I really do try to have a normal sleep pattern. I try to sleep from 930pm to 530am, but every once in a while something unexpected happens that causes me to stay up later than I want. As for the living situation, I live with some friends of mine whom I've known for a decade now, and while things cause small arguments from time to time we get along great. I do need to work on the caffeine problem, though. The first thing I do in the morning when I wake up is open up something full of caffeine, and yes, I should really invest in multi-vitamins. I actually hadn't put too much thought into the theory that my mental stress and fatigue could cause my physical problems. I will definately have to look into that more and see if vitamins or losing the caffeine helps that. Thanks for all the advice! |
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How do you know when you're stretching yourself too thin? Right now I'm working 40-50 hours a week at a dead-end factory job, being a full-time student at Colorado Technical University Online, and now looking for a second job to help pay the bills. Needless to say my social life my take a small hit, but I feel like it's necessary, and I'm positive I can keep a healthy social life (even if it's not as often). Has anyone else ever been in a situation like this? How do you know if it's too much? Anyone have any pointers to help me keep my sanity over the next year? Only you can decide what's too much for you. Others can't tell you that. I was more looking for pointers on how to deal with it... What has worked for others sometimes can do the trick.... |
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See:buddhism Your desire is causing suffering..... 
I'm definitely suffering... Stressed induced chest pains (not a heart attack, but I'm confused as to what causes it.....besides stress), and I'm exhausted. Smoking? Not as much as I was before. I used to smoke a pack a day, now I'm down to about five or six cigarettes a day.... I'm making my way to smoke free. I've also cut back on drinking, and I'm eating a more balanced diet and exercising more as well. I'm slowly working towards a healthier life. When I got out of the Army I smoked and drank constantly, but that's over now! |
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See:buddhism Your desire is causing suffering.....
I'm definitely suffering... Stressed induced chest pains (not a heart attack, but I'm confused as to what causes it.....besides stress), and I'm exhausted. |
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It can be done Josh, but I wouldn't advise it long term. Your health will suffer eventually. It's just for another year. |
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No one can analyze your priorities but you. 
Put your 'big boy pants' on and make an executive decision regarding the quality of your life.
Best wishes!
Oh, no. I wasn't asking about my priorities. I know for a fact my main priority is to get my degree and become a juvenile probation officer. I was just wondering if anybody else has ever felt like they were stretching themselves too thin, constantly exhausted, sore, etc., and I was wondering if anyone has any pointers on how to stay a bit more relaxed and help me get through the next year. |
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Question,
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Honesty and trust are my two biggest things. I've was in a relationship where I couldn't believe a thing I was told. She would constantly lie to me about everything, right down to the color of the sky.
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If you still have time to mingle on mingle then you're ok. Phew! That's a relief! 
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How do you know when you're stretching yourself too thin? Right now I'm working 40-50 hours a week at a dead-end factory job, being a full-time student at Colorado Technical University Online, and now looking for a second job to help pay the bills. Needless to say my social life my take a small hit, but I feel like it's necessary, and I'm positive I can keep a healthy social life (even if it's not as often). Has anyone else ever been in a situation like this? How do you know if it's too much? Anyone have any pointers to help me keep my sanity over the next year?
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How to kill an afternoon...
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Go fishing...again? I'm good, just killing time. 
Trust me, if I had a way to get there fishing is the first thing I would be doing! lol. |
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How to kill an afternoon...
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I'm out of ideas. I've done as much as I can on the car, now I'm waiting on parts... The car is out of commission so I can't go anywhere, there's nothing on tv, the house is clean... What to do, what to do?
So how's everyone here? 
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Nope... Haven't heard those words in a few years now...
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how maneyhave seen
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I haven't seen it. My roommates saw it and said it was alright, but the ending was horrible.
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Born and raised in Owatonna, MN. Out of my 23 years of life I've spent about 19 of those years in this very town.
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