Comments on: Closedown http://elimare.blogsome.com/2007/07/05/closedown/ Thoughts , musings and random crap I find Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:19:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: bigjoe http://elimare.blogsome.com/2007/07/05/closedown/#comment-541 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 11:14:11 +0100 http://elimare.blogsome.com/2007/07/05/closedown/#comment-541 good to have ya back princess. good to have ya back princess.

]]> by: Valsha http://elimare.blogsome.com/2007/07/05/closedown/#comment-537 Mon, 30 Jul 2007 21:55:22 +0100 http://elimare.blogsome.com/2007/07/05/closedown/#comment-537 Hey. *hugs* Sorry, I haven't been here in a while, so I didn't catch this when it was happening. But I hope, I so hope, that you are feeling better now. Hey.

*hugs*

Sorry, I haven’t been here in a while, so I didn’t catch this when it was happening. But I hope, I so hope, that you are feeling better now.

]]> by: DaviMack http://elimare.blogsome.com/2007/07/05/closedown/#comment-535 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 21:42:27 +0100 http://elimare.blogsome.com/2007/07/05/closedown/#comment-535 Been there, too. You could always sell everything you own and go back for a degree in Philosophy, you know? Like me? eek. Tea sometime. P'raps sooner than later. Been there, too. You could always sell everything you own and go back for a degree in Philosophy, you know? Like me? eek.

Tea sometime. P’raps sooner than later.

]]> by: TadMack http://elimare.blogsome.com/2007/07/05/closedown/#comment-534 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 21:35:34 +0100 http://elimare.blogsome.com/2007/07/05/closedown/#comment-534 bit slow on the uptake, but I do catch up eventually. missed you. glad you're back. hope to have tea with you someday. bit slow on the uptake, but I do catch up eventually. missed you. glad you’re back. hope to have tea with you someday.

]]> by: Conor http://elimare.blogsome.com/2007/07/05/closedown/#comment-533 Mon, 23 Jul 2007 10:24:09 +0100 http://elimare.blogsome.com/2007/07/05/closedown/#comment-533 Hi. here via Flickr. I know the feeling. If you're still unfulfilled in work, why not write a film for me to direct? Anything dystopian always goes down well... Conor Hi. here via Flickr. I know the feeling. If you’re still unfulfilled in work, why not write a film for me to direct? Anything dystopian always goes down well…

Conor

]]> by: a. fortis http://elimare.blogsome.com/2007/07/05/closedown/#comment-532 Sun, 08 Jul 2007 22:08:15 +0100 http://elimare.blogsome.com/2007/07/05/closedown/#comment-532 Glad you're back...I've been there a few times, too (despair pit, that is). Love the 365 photos. Glad you’re back…I’ve been there a few times, too (despair pit, that is).

Love the 365 photos.

]]> by: Donal http://elimare.blogsome.com/2007/07/05/closedown/#comment-531 Fri, 06 Jul 2007 13:39:09 +0100 http://elimare.blogsome.com/2007/07/05/closedown/#comment-531 Glad to have you back. Glad to have you back.

]]> by: Brian http://elimare.blogsome.com/2007/07/05/closedown/#comment-530 Thu, 05 Jul 2007 23:15:08 +0100 http://elimare.blogsome.com/2007/07/05/closedown/#comment-530 It's so good to have you back in the world, Eli. I've been in very similar circumstances once or twice in my life, and it always gets better. Perhaps we can discuss these things in more detail next month--I think I'll be in Dublin around 13-15 August. If you're around, I'll buy you a pint or two and we can talk of many things. It’s so good to have you back in the world, Eli. I’ve been in very similar circumstances once or twice in my life, and it always gets better.

Perhaps we can discuss these things in more detail next month–I think I’ll be in Dublin around 13-15 August. If you’re around, I’ll buy you a pint or two and we can talk of many things.

]]> by: The Smircher http://elimare.blogsome.com/2007/07/05/closedown/#comment-529 Thu, 05 Jul 2007 21:38:50 +0100 http://elimare.blogsome.com/2007/07/05/closedown/#comment-529 I feel your pain, I sometimes live in that world and it takes monumental strength to drag yourself out of it. I realised long ago that career was a dirty word to me, and that doing the long hours etc was a recipe for a one way trip to BasketCaseVille....population: me. Do what makes you happy....work pays the bills...that's all. You are hired from x:am ;) to y:pm and that's it. From y+1:pm, your life is your own. So what if you miss a 365 or don't get around to writing something this week...go out and have a cold soda in the sun (whenever it does reappear) and watch the world go by. The workplace is a monolithic instititution that will grind away whether you are there or not, don't let it grind your spirit. I feel your pain, I sometimes live in that world and it takes monumental strength to drag yourself out of it. I realised long ago that career was a dirty word to me, and that doing the long hours etc was a recipe for a one way trip to BasketCaseVille….population: me. Do what makes you happy….work pays the bills…that’s all. You are hired from x:am ;) to y:pm and that’s it. From y+1:pm, your life is your own. So what if you miss a 365 or don’t get around to writing something this week…go out and have a cold soda in the sun (whenever it does reappear) and watch the world go by. The workplace is a monolithic instititution that will grind away whether you are there or not, don’t let it grind your spirit.

]]> by: elly parker http://elimare.blogsome.com/2007/07/05/closedown/#comment-528 Thu, 05 Jul 2007 13:56:54 +0100 http://elimare.blogsome.com/2007/07/05/closedown/#comment-528 Very sincerely, well done! It takes a lot of strength of character to not only notice these things about yourself but also to admit to them. Too many people get sucked into thinking that their work is their life, when it should never be. A good way to help this is 'mental-health Mondays'. If you have enough vacation time left, take all the Mondays of one month off (September or October can be a great time for this when all those with kids are back at work complaining that they have no vacation time left). Have no routine for that day off, do what you enjoy, meet a friend for lunch, go to a gallery, be spontaneous. Really works. Very sincerely, well done! It takes a lot of strength of character to not only notice these things about yourself but also to admit to them.

Too many people get sucked into thinking that their work is their life, when it should never be. A good way to help this is ‘mental-health Mondays’. If you have enough vacation time left, take all the Mondays of one month off (September or October can be a great time for this when all those with kids are back at work complaining that they have no vacation time left).

Have no routine for that day off, do what you enjoy, meet a friend for lunch, go to a gallery, be spontaneous. Really works.

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