Originally posted by: ADigitalMan
1) Read both the lyrics and prose of Neil Peart (of Rush) and commit it to your heart. Look at the ups and downs of his life and draw from his drive to keep going.
2) Learn a musical instrument and pour your soul into writing songs.
3) Remind yourself daily that this is a pretty big world and the petty shit that transpires in school absolutely, positively will not matter the moment you graduate.
4) Listen. Don't wallow in your own thoughts while others speak, but condition yourself to be receptive to what others are saying at all times. The more you listen, the more you will empathize. The more you empathize, the greater your sense of purpose in the greater whole of society will be.
5) Spend less time online and more with real person-to-person interaction. But choose those people wisely.
I was in your shoes 20 years ago, in a time when doctors didn't hand out psychoactive drugs to minors like sweet tarts. I learned bona fide coping skills. Without revealing the intimate details of my life, the zit-faced, do-gooding 98-pound weakling who was terrorized by the cool kids for most of his grade school life is now a (knock on wood) successful businessman with a great home, a loving wife and child, a couple of satisfying hobbies, and time enough to hang here with you folks.
I don't think about my hometown much, nor do I dwell on my past. The day I left home for college, none of the crap was relevant any more. Only the academic and people skills I'd learned on the way.
1) Read both the lyrics and prose of Neil Peart (of Rush) and commit it to your heart. Look at the ups and downs of his life and draw from his drive to keep going.
2) Learn a musical instrument and pour your soul into writing songs.
3) Remind yourself daily that this is a pretty big world and the petty shit that transpires in school absolutely, positively will not matter the moment you graduate.
4) Listen. Don't wallow in your own thoughts while others speak, but condition yourself to be receptive to what others are saying at all times. The more you listen, the more you will empathize. The more you empathize, the greater your sense of purpose in the greater whole of society will be.
5) Spend less time online and more with real person-to-person interaction. But choose those people wisely.
I was in your shoes 20 years ago, in a time when doctors didn't hand out psychoactive drugs to minors like sweet tarts. I learned bona fide coping skills. Without revealing the intimate details of my life, the zit-faced, do-gooding 98-pound weakling who was terrorized by the cool kids for most of his grade school life is now a (knock on wood) successful businessman with a great home, a loving wife and child, a couple of satisfying hobbies, and time enough to hang here with you folks.
I don't think about my hometown much, nor do I dwell on my past. The day I left home for college, none of the crap was relevant any more. Only the academic and people skills I'd learned on the way.
wow thats some good advice, i could almost hear the song sunscreen in my mind when i was reading that. there is some good advice in that song too.
to sean, here are a few more things
1.Don’t worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday.
2.Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts, don’t put up with people who are reckless with yours.
3.Don’t waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind. The race is long, and in the end, it’s only with yourself.
4.Remember compliments you receive, forget the insults.
(all from the sunscreen song)