nonethefewer | Begrated. (Reply)

Yesterday I was grateful for being lonely.

I have been full of geeking lately (doing web and db work for friends, creating a new site for myself, streamlining processes at work, teaching myself some programming to make things, and so forth), which meant I was totally ignoring my emotional/interpersonal needs. So yesterday I got home and was all "*slump*". And since I have extremist tendencies, it's very easy for me to slide into despair.

But instead, I reminded myself that I have been neglecting myself in the abovementioned ways, and so what is needed isn't gloom, it's to redress the balance. And to let myself feel lonely (as I also tend to deny myself a bit).

So I pinged my boyfriend to see what he'd be doing on Tuesday, and I'm going to maybe call this local-person-I-could-be-friends with to see if she'd like to watch a movie and eat popcorn.

It all sounds terrifically silly when I write it down, but considering how I used to handle things, this is infinitely better.