Comments on: March Monthly Meet Up http://www.25andtrying.com/?p=472 Figuring out the World and my Career Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:21:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Beth Oppenheim http://www.25andtrying.com/?p=472&cpage=1#comment-1024 Beth Oppenheim Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:12:27 +0000 http://www.25andtrying.com/?p=472#comment-1024 Thanks for the advice about talking to the parents.. it's definitely not an easy thing to do :( I think it's more that you have to be SO sure in your decision yourself, so that you can make the case - or not - and be okay with it. Thanks so much for your perspective, Valentina! Thanks for the advice about talking to the parents.. it’s definitely not an easy thing to do :( I think it’s more that you have to be SO sure in your decision yourself, so that you can make the case – or not – and be okay with it. Thanks so much for your perspective, Valentina!

]]> By: Beth Oppenheim http://www.25andtrying.com/?p=472&cpage=1#comment-1023 Beth Oppenheim Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:07:16 +0000 http://www.25andtrying.com/?p=472#comment-1023 Thanks, Claire! I think that I still owe DC taxes so that's always a fun thing to catch up on... Thanks for the well-wishes and lack of injuries on the half :) Thanks, Claire! I think that I still owe DC taxes so that’s always a fun thing to catch up on… Thanks for the well-wishes and lack of injuries on the half :)

]]> By: Claire V http://www.25andtrying.com/?p=472&cpage=1#comment-997 Claire V Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:50:20 +0000 http://www.25andtrying.com/?p=472#comment-997 Mariel, that IS a great idea! I really need to work on blogging regularly, even if it's just short posts. Beth, you did GREAT this month-- congratulations! I hope you're proud. I'm going to steal your tax-paying goal (man I had totally forgotten!), and wish you luck and stamina and no injuries for the marathon! very impressive. Good luck! Mariel, that IS a great idea! I really need to work on blogging regularly, even if it’s just short posts.

Beth, you did GREAT this month– congratulations! I hope you’re proud. I’m going to steal your tax-paying goal (man I had totally forgotten!), and wish you luck and stamina and no injuries for the marathon! very impressive.
Good luck!

]]> By: Beth Oppenheim http://www.25andtrying.com/?p=472&cpage=1#comment-994 Beth Oppenheim Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:48:10 +0000 http://www.25andtrying.com/?p=472#comment-994 Thats actually a great idea! I hadn't thought about links contributing on the weekends, but it is a great one. I think that there are so many times I want to honor someone's thoughts in a way that doesn't take up SO much time. Thanks for the thoughts! Thats actually a great idea! I hadn’t thought about links contributing on the weekends, but it is a great one. I think that there are so many times I want to honor someone’s thoughts in a way that doesn’t take up SO much time. Thanks for the thoughts!

]]> By: Mariel http://www.25andtrying.com/?p=472&cpage=1#comment-988 Mariel Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:36:52 +0000 http://www.25andtrying.com/?p=472#comment-988 The weekends are pretty much the only time I have to blog, but I've found creating a list of links that I really liked (but can't possibly manage to blog about) has helped me honor the articles and ideas that inspire me but that get lost in the writing/editing process. The weekends are pretty much the only time I have to blog, but I’ve found creating a list of links that I really liked (but can’t possibly manage to blog about) has helped me honor the articles and ideas that inspire me but that get lost in the writing/editing process.

]]> By: Valentina http://www.25andtrying.com/?p=472&cpage=1#comment-987 Valentina Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:09:53 +0000 http://www.25andtrying.com/?p=472#comment-987 Don't forget to celebrate your first anniversary ;) I am also a March bride, and we are having a honey moon every March just to make sure that we celebrate again that we have each other and are together (sounds very cheesy, I know). This could be in the have fun goal ;) If it is not another honeymoon let it be at least a nice romantic dinner or anything else togehtery and funny. Good luck with talking to your mum! Do it face-to-face and stay calm. Don't be too hard on yourself :) And sometimes giving another alternative which is less attractive helps (Mom: WHAT???? You are moving to SPain??? - Val: Well, the husband is Brazilian. It could have been Sao Paulo. - Mom: This is soo great, you are moving to Spain. It's just 2 hours by plane.) Enjoy the month!!! Don’t forget to celebrate your first anniversary ;) I am also a March bride, and we are having a honey moon every March just to make sure that we celebrate again that we have each other and are together (sounds very cheesy, I know). This could be in the have fun goal ;) If it is not another honeymoon let it be at least a nice romantic dinner or anything else togehtery and funny.
Good luck with talking to your mum! Do it face-to-face and stay calm. Don’t be too hard on yourself :) And sometimes giving another alternative which is less attractive helps (Mom: WHAT???? You are moving to SPain??? – Val: Well, the husband is Brazilian. It could have been Sao Paulo. – Mom: This is soo great, you are moving to Spain. It’s just 2 hours by plane.)
Enjoy the month!!!

]]> By: Srinivas Rao http://www.25andtrying.com/?p=472&cpage=1#comment-984 Srinivas Rao Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:00:43 +0000 http://www.25andtrying.com/?p=472#comment-984 Glad to see somebody else tracking Goals for the year 2010 with their blog :). I did this the other day and it was one of the most useful exercises i've ever done. Glad to see somebody else tracking Goals for the year 2010 with their blog :) . I did this the other day and it was one of the most useful exercises i’ve ever done.

]]> By: Mike http://www.25andtrying.com/?p=472&cpage=1#comment-983 Mike Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:38:13 +0000 http://www.25andtrying.com/?p=472#comment-983 Great goals, Beth! Congrats on last month, too. I hope you do good at the marathon, I know a lot of people who runs half marathons and full ones, and they train for quite a while, but they do enjoy it. And don't worry about your family's reaction to your ideas. It's up to you how you want to live your life, not theirs. If they approve, that's great but if not, so what? Good luck with everything! - Mike Great goals, Beth! Congrats on last month, too.

I hope you do good at the marathon, I know a lot of people who runs half marathons and full ones, and they train for quite a while, but they do enjoy it.

And don’t worry about your family’s reaction to your ideas. It’s up to you how you want to live your life, not theirs. If they approve, that’s great but if not, so what?

Good luck with everything!

- Mike

]]> By: Carlee Mallard http://www.25andtrying.com/?p=472&cpage=1#comment-982 Carlee Mallard Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:34:48 +0000 http://www.25andtrying.com/?p=472#comment-982 You really kicked some butt in February. Sounds like you're really making some headway on the 501(c)3 process, so that's great! But remember don't try too hard to not be hard on yourself - it might defeat the purpose :) What is it about your future plans that you're having a hard time telling your family? I know that I don't talk to my dad all that often and I can't imagine giving him an update on the last 2 months of my life and what I'm thinking about doing... sometimes it's easier to just say "oh yea, everything is fine, nothing new going on". You really kicked some butt in February. Sounds like you’re really making some headway on the 501(c)3 process, so that’s great! But remember don’t try too hard to not be hard on yourself – it might defeat the purpose :)

What is it about your future plans that you’re having a hard time telling your family? I know that I don’t talk to my dad all that often and I can’t imagine giving him an update on the last 2 months of my life and what I’m thinking about doing… sometimes it’s easier to just say “oh yea, everything is fine, nothing new going on”.

]]> By: celso http://www.25andtrying.com/?p=472&cpage=1#comment-967 celso Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:26:53 +0000 http://www.25andtrying.com/?p=472#comment-967 4) Try to be less hard on myself. This isn’t as measurable, but I would like to see how it goes. This is the best goal and everyone should try to be less hard in one's self because the world IS ALREADY hard and painful enough. I have been reading "Buddha" by Karen Armstrong and i am start thinking on how can ONE in the 21 century can reach some kind of enlightenment. "As long as we persist in closing our minds and hearts to the universal pain, which surrounds us on all sides, we remain locked in an undeveloped version of ourselves, incapable of growth and spiritual insight". So for me the month of March will be the month of trying to open my mind and heart to all this pain that is felt in the universe . However i do not know what is going to happen wen all this pain overwhelms me. 4) Try to be less hard on myself. This isn’t as measurable, but I would like to see how it goes.

This is the best goal and everyone should try to be less hard in one’s self because the world IS ALREADY hard and painful enough. I have been reading “Buddha” by Karen Armstrong and i am start thinking on how can ONE in the 21 century can reach some kind of enlightenment. “As long as we persist in closing our minds and hearts to the universal pain, which surrounds us on all sides, we remain locked in an undeveloped version of ourselves, incapable of growth and spiritual insight”. So for me the month of March will be the month of trying to open my mind and heart to all this pain that is felt in the universe . However i do not know what is going to happen wen all this pain overwhelms me.

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