I Resign!

When I get stressed I find tieing my husband to the bed and whipping him till he's senseless really helps! ... oh wait you mean in SL! .. nevermind!

Only one time I felt like chucking it all and abandoning SL- fortunately my neighbor at the time helped me to see reason. Been almost two years and I'm still here. Since the only way to quit RL is rather definite, I apply the same logic t SL... leave it be and it will clear it self. I know, sound rather Polyana - but I'm a glass half full sort.

When I cancelled my account a couple of months ago, I figured I would come back, I just didn't know when. But I knew if I was able to log in, I would sneak in and never get away totally , which was what I needed at the time. Now, I wouldn't need that drastic a method I think, I've pretty much have a different perspective so that if it isn't fun, I'm not on.

Do not confuse "duty" with what other people expect of you; they are utterly different. Duty is a debt you owe to yourself to fulfill obligations you have assumed voluntarily. Paying that debt can entail anything from years of patient work to instant willingness to die. Difficult it may be, but the reward is self-respect.
But there is no reward at all for doing what other people expect of you, and to do so is not merely difficult, but impossible. It is easier to deal with a footpad than it is with the leech who wants "just a few minutes of your time, please — this won't take long." Time is your total capital, and the minutes of your life are painfully few. If you allow yourself to fall into the vice of agreeing to such requests, they quickly snowball to the point where these parasites will use up 100 percent of your time — and squawk for more!
So learn to say No — and to be rude about it when necessary.
Otherwise you will not have time to carry out your duty, or to do your own work, and certainly no time for love and happiness. The termites will nibble away your life and leave none of it for you.
(This rule does not mean that you must not do a favor for a friend, or even a stranger. But let the choice be yours. Don't do it because it is "expected" of you.)

If only my childhood was as described in my OP

Maybe I long and desire for something I never had....and never will have

I dunno

sorry I started this thread, I just...

nm

Sweetie, NOBODY had a childhood like that. Moments, yes. But have you ever noticed how often kids you see are unhappy? Crying, even? A child's disappointments and fears and misery may seem small to you and me...but to a kid, they are just as huge and awful as our grownup Bad Things are to us.

Having said that, take your stress break any way you like...by being a kid again, by retail therapy, by retreating from SL and RL with a good book, or listening to lovely music, or whatever.

For me, the solution generally involves chocolate.

SL is all about fun for me, and it's rarely let me down.

As for that rosy-colored lens view of childhood, it made me laugh. I wasn't exactly miserable as a child, but for the most part I didn't find other children very interesting and I couldn't wait to gain some control over my life. Childhood was something I had to wade through to get to the good stuff.

Adulthood feels really, really good. And that's said from the vantage point of my 50s.

Yes, I would love to get away for a while. But that's not a luxury I have. With a business the size it is, I have to be on to handle business, every day. With SL being as it is, I can't rely on anything working as it should, and I owe my customers my attention to the issues SL brings.

SL is entertainmnet for me. If I am not enjoying it, I go do something else. Nothing to get stressed about.

That is why I absoulutely refuse to have a job, business or any other commitment in SL that would require me to log on, no matter how much I didn't want to. Those of you that do , have a lot of fortitude to keep at it the way SL acts up.

When SL gets tough and things get touchy, how many of you just want to toss in the towel and say the heck with it all? When you have those days, how do you manage to get back on track?

This is how I do it... (sure does drive it home as to why folks love to be a kid in SL)

(oldie but a goodie)
RESIGNATION

I am hereby officially tendering
my resignation as an adult. I have
decided I would like to accept the
responsibilities of an 8 year-old again.

I want to go to McDonald's and think
that it's a four star restaurant.

I want to sail sticks across a fresh mud
puddle and make a sidewalk with rocks.

I want to think M&Ms are better than
money because you can eat them.

I want to lie under a big oak tree and
run a lemonade stand with my friends on
a hot summer's day.

I want to return to a time when life was
simple; When all you knew were colors,
multiplication tables, and nursery
rhymes, but that didn't bother you,
because you didn't know what you
didn't know and you didn't care.

All you knew was to be happy
because you were blissfully unaware of
all the things that should make you
worried or upset.

I want to think the world is fair.
That everyone is honest and good.

I want to believe that anything is
possible. I want to be oblivious
to the complexities of life and be
overly excited by the little things
again.

I want to live simple again. I
don't want my day to consist of
computer crashes, mountains of paperwork,
depressing news, how to survive more days
in the month than there is money in the
bank, doctor bills, gossip, illness,
and loss of loved ones.

I want to believe in the power of
smiles, hugs, a kind word, truth,
justice, peace, dreams, the imagination,
mankind, and making angels in the snow.

So . . . here's my checkbook
and my car-keys, my credit card bills
and my 401K statements. I am officially
resigning from adulthood.

And if you want to discuss this
further, you'll have to catch me
first, cause........
......"Tag! You're it."

Reminds me of an Evanescence song that is near and dear to my heart when I look at the world around me. "Imaginary" seems to come to mind, but often my head is swimming with goth music so hard to be sure.

Stalking may be dangerous but I do DJ and love most of their songs to. Fell free to look for my events. Dam shame my phone would not take the 8GB Memory chip or would be listening to it right now.

When SL gets tough and things get touchy, how many of you just want to toss in the towel and say the heck with it all? When you have those days, how do you manage to get back on track?

Aww Rha!! /me hands Rha a cold beer! You can have your kids talk to me on voice again..that'll make you laugh..lol..Theres nothing so bad in RL, really, whatever happens in court..look at it this way, they arent going to hang you from the ceiling by your feet..sighs..ok..that probably didnt help..but I tried..hugs!

I would rather be hanging from the ceiling by my feet than what the outcome of court could be

heh yeah he sure did like to talk to you didn't he

Before my Mom's passing she used to ask me when I was down and stressed...."Are you going to let things conquer you, or are you going to conquer things?" She also told me that you do have complete control over how you think and feel........no matter what faces you in life. You can choose to face them in fear or can face them with courage.

It works........it's not easy, but it works. And I know you are not the fearful type.

God, I miss my Mom.

Good luck Rha.

Aww Rha!! /me hands Rha a cold beer! You can have your kids talk to me on voice again..that'll make you laugh..lol..Theres nothing so bad in RL, really, whatever happens in court..look at it this way, they arent going to hang you from the ceiling by your feet..sighs..ok..that probably didnt help..but I tried..hugs!

Wow, Rha! Well, I'll send some positive energy you're way! And, well, if you hang by your feet, maybe they cant get you!