tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589472503893819862.post5074647042119028670..comments2023-10-02T03:28:51.480-07:00Comments on From the Shadows to the Page: How Do People Do Stuff?Karen Jones Gowenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11378428503220197256noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589472503893819862.post-8114166005473848432010-09-03T14:00:56.270-07:002010-09-03T14:00:56.270-07:00Nicki, LOL haha I'm not offended at all. I jus...Nicki, LOL haha I'm not offended at all. I just hang out over here when I've had too much of the craziness of the "favorite daughter's" blog. <br /><br />Me too, I'm done trying to figure it all out. Heck with that. Let's just go for it! But I do miss the '80's when everything seemed attainable and money flowed like water. You can identify with that, right?Karen Jones Gowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11378428503220197256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589472503893819862.post-72408473247433318702010-09-03T13:51:26.209-07:002010-09-03T13:51:26.209-07:00P.S. Just realized that I called this blog a "...P.S. Just realized that I called this blog a "forgotten stepchild" when it has WAY more followers than my one an only.Nicki Elsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11412032684225126973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589472503893819862.post-87923929070329301082010-09-03T13:49:20.551-07:002010-09-03T13:49:20.551-07:00You crack me up, Karen. I saw the note at the BBQ...You crack me up, Karen. I saw the note at the BBQ from the forgotten stepchild over here. This is a cool blog, and different from any others I follow, so I'll be happy to have it in my collection.<br /><br />As far as this particular post, it's a good one to drive home the point that while we are free to ponder what "should" happen, we get very little say in what "does" happen. Quite frankly, I'm done trying to figure it all out and am just going to go with it. <br /><br />D-d-did you say ten kids? Holy cow, you're even more amazing than I already thought you were!Nicki Elsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11412032684225126973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589472503893819862.post-2230299213931664932010-09-02T09:44:29.127-07:002010-09-02T09:44:29.127-07:00I do think, being in the right place at the right ...I do think, being in the right place at the right time. I know people who are musically gifted and see people in the industry that make me cringe.<br />It is exposure, keeping knocking on doors, try, try again; Networking, I guess!<br /><br />Thick or thin..it is all about the thyroid. Mine<br />is having a battle with my pancreas..they have a love/hate relationship~lolEllahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06070952447277684613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589472503893819862.post-27029711461330005382010-08-30T18:34:33.404-07:002010-08-30T18:34:33.404-07:00Karen, I didn't think it was profound as I wro...Karen, I didn't think it was profound as I wrote out the title LOL, but glad you think so. Maybe it is because these are the type of unanswered questions everyone asks at one time or another.<br /><br /> Yes sometimes I think about our family and I think, Well haven't I done enough? But I'm driven. I have a drive to "do stuff." I'm not the kind of person who can sit back and let things just happen. I work like I'm just beginning.Karen Jones Gowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11378428503220197256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589472503893819862.post-44018947828798648062010-08-30T03:18:59.114-07:002010-08-30T03:18:59.114-07:00Alexandra, attitude surely has a lot to do with ha...Alexandra, attitude surely has a lot to do with happiness. Slightly unrealistic and optimistic? Wow that's me, which would explain why I'm a very happy person without being very successful in the temporal sense.Karen Jones Gowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11378428503220197256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589472503893819862.post-72746968384404090872010-08-29T23:54:48.384-07:002010-08-29T23:54:48.384-07:00It is mystifying, indeed... I don't quite know...It is mystifying, indeed... I don't quite know how people do stuff, as you put it, but I think it has a lot to do with attitude?! If you are slightly unrealistic and optimistic, you should be very happy, according to one of my psychology professors. If I believe that I will be a published author who make lots of money on my books and have a beautiful house and a great partner, I will be much happier than if I thought I didn't. Even if I don't get the things I want, I won't be as miserable as I would be had I counted on not getting them all the time. Does that make sense?Privatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03018596012893869692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589472503893819862.post-3836855923029467282010-08-29T16:55:01.320-07:002010-08-29T16:55:01.320-07:00Kitty, My husband will be fine (I hope!) thank you...Kitty, My husband will be fine (I hope!) thank you for your well wishes :) And now you know his name because I'm on his computer and this is going up under his email!<br /><br />Colette, So glad I'm not the only one LOL. It IS fascinating. And a great mystery. Some people think they know the answers to everything but usually they just haven't lived long enough yet.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06249537551161907601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589472503893819862.post-17424822848711403582010-08-29T15:08:44.580-07:002010-08-29T15:08:44.580-07:00I wonder about the same things all the time. It...I wonder about the same things all the time. It's fascinating really...Colette Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11685539849318739675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589472503893819862.post-68882198631884920212010-08-29T13:59:28.441-07:002010-08-29T13:59:28.441-07:00Oh I'm so sorry about your husband - I hope he...Oh I'm so sorry about your husband - I hope he's ok - there is so much comfort with having a great marriage and beautiful kids. Sometimes these are what matters most!<br /><br />I guess it's lots of luck and being in the right place at the right time. Also it's lots of hard work that may take decades or the next generation or the next one after that for such hard work to pay off! Or sometimes things conspire against you that no matter how hard working and honest you are circumstances are beyond your control.<br /><br />Gosh what deep questions!! <br /><br />p.s I love your pic under the "about me".<br /><br />Take care<br />xOld Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13185547869183611159noreply@blogger.com