I was GOING to go into Theoretical Physics but the professor I
   wanted was away, so I did child psychology stuff instead. Didn't
   matter. Ended up working in computers. Glad too: If I did
   theoretical physics like I wanted in '90, I would've been stuck
   doing shitty String Theory crap 'cause that was the trend in the
   90s... it's a relief things worked out as they did. == I was
   lucky. My mother was always of a liberal mindset, as was my
   grandmother. Their advice? If the job sucks? Quit. Find another.
   Don't depend on your job to give you life satisfaction. It
   won't. It's just a job. It was good advice. == hehe, yeah tongue
   emoticon I remember when "GenX were slackers". Then GenY /
   Millennials. My mother's generation she remembers adults in HER
   time complaining that society was going to "hell in a
   handbasket" because "kids today..." So, nothing changes except
   some ppl forget what it's like to human. == Well, my currency is
   people. I collect people. Occasional compliments. I don't trade
   or enslave. It's kinda disgusting come to think of it: I
   literally collect compliments. I save them. Got a whole unsorted
   collection of them. Maybe I'll stick them on the back of a book
   jacket someday 'cause that's all authors do: they stick praise
   on there from ANY source. I've got hundreds 'cause I'm awesome.
   Now if I could just get someone to organize my thoughts for
   me... You don't want to be a pure creative person: it sucks. All
   create and no organize. Just output. Anyway, thanks like
   emoticon == I find it's a lifelong struggle to not let other
   ppls bitterness 'stick' to my psyche. Daily effort* So, I let
   them be their way, and I do my own thing. Freedom really. ==
   <--- guess who is the product of the "self-esteem / be-yourself"
   movement of the 1980s? That shit works. All those 80s cartoon
   memes? He-man? Captain Planet? I knew it was BS even as a kid
   yet, it sticks to you. == Glad I'm not the only one. Best thing
   ever. I use the old fashioned snippingtool when I'm on the PC,
   rub out the person's name ['cause I didn't get their permission
   to do something with it and I don't feel like that] and
   sometimes I post it to my "get all my internet shit in one place
   site" [1]http://icopiedyou.com project, but most of it is
   scattered on my HD. When someone randomly draws my picture, it's
   a special treat. Some 12 yr old kid drew me a year ago on Vine
   as a shoutout - I've had a few - but this one here was
   top-notch. There's awesome ppl out there, so I never lose out
   hope. The assholes will always be with us, but we dont' have to
   become the assholes or let them affect us. I can have one of
   those "woe-is-me-life-has-no-point-moments" and remembering that
   somebody took a few seconds out of their day to write, "Wow, Ken
   you're [positive adjective]!" - it's like an injection of 'good'
   and clear up head fog. Ugh - sorry for babbling Ivan, but you're
   the first person I talked to that saves compliments too, so I
   got a little giddy tongue emoticon ==

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