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Thanks for your comment. You know what the funny thing is, in about two or three years, so about 2010, 2011, the UN is going to start going into this horrendous panic mode because they are going to finally realize that they haven’t completed one single one of these goals. And they’re going to start pointing fingers and asking us why we didn’t do anything, and we have a deadline to meet, and etc. People are just going to turn around and say, “Hey, you know what, I’ve never heard of these go...
Ugh. I know it seems like every two steps foward is another ten back. We've worked so hard over so many years JUST so women could sort of escape from men and have their own rights and be their own person, but now they're all going back and doing things like this. We're basically abusing our power/rights.
However old you are, you are clearly mature beyond you years.
It's nice to see that there are people who still have brains.
Wow, that's amazing. You're right that's extremely unfair and you should have been allowed to make the girl leave. That's insane.
I know Im not much older than you, but I used to get that way (feeling a little hopeless) when I was younger. I think its idealism. Im not a cynic, but I used to be hard core conservator (I used to be vegan, for gods sake) but Im also an Anthropologist, and I have accepted that humans have always warred, left garbage, and the world will still turn. I think instead of thinking how horrible we are, we should instead take a step back and laugh at our arrogance- to think we have such an effect...
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What is healthy?
May 14, 2008I am a recovered/recovering anorexic. As weird as that sounds, I am fully recovered...trust me...I can eat more than most could believe, but I am still recovering from the damage it did to both my mind and spirit.
I work at a gym and the biggest perk of the job, besides the fact that I am able to read non-stop through all the books I have been dying to read through my 3 1/2 years of literature course oppression, is that I can work out for free.
Working out is good for me. It's healthy. PLUS I get to for free, right? I'll get in shape.
...in shape.
Shape has dominated my mind for ten years now...for a damn decade. Shape, weight, food, exercise... all these elements of health I have been obsessed with for ten years. It's pathetic. I took the obsession from healthy, to detrimental, and now I think back to healthy again, but I'm not sure..
The healty diet part, surprisingly, I have been able to handle well. I've learned to eat right. I've made some more health-conscious decisions---stop eating red meat, incorporate fish more regularly into my diet, utilize fruits and vegetables,take vitamins, plow water---just so I can feel good. It doesn't even feel like a diet because I love all the things I eat so much.
It's the exercise. I obsessively exercised two years away of my life...it's hard to want to give it anymore time...but I know it's important. I know it's healthy. There is nothing wrong with going to the gym everyday. It's good for you...but it's not good for me. Sure, it helps me get into great shape, but it destroys my mind.
I guess it's those girls at the gym who are so perfectly in shape because they go 5 times a week that make the Anorexic Anna come out in me. I see them and look at myseld, and know I could look like them if I just put in the time...
But the time becomes an obsession to me. If I don't put it in, I feel guilty, and lazy and fat. Even though I limit myself to three times a week, I still struggle with the concept because I have always associated exercise with obligation...something I have to do to look good.
...look good.
I make myself sick. I try to pride myself on my individuality and love of who I am, yet so strongly desire to look good like everyone else. It's a paradox of emotion that I really don't understand.
So thirty minutes a day? 3 times a week. Sure, it may not seem a lot to or even enough to a personal trainer, but it's enough for me.
And tonight I can't even handle that.
So here's my health-based conclusion, tonight, Sex and the City (maybe a few ab crunches), cigarettes, and chicken lasagna are a more healthy decision to make for me than spending two hours at the gym.
Wow. I feel good.
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