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Shoulda Coulda 3.21.12

Sometimes I look back on a very successful (thus far) career path, with a slightly more bumpy family history, and the jumbled disaster that makes me a truly mental and emotional wreck, and I wonder how I could have made things different. I'm not saying I necessarily would have or regret the way things are, but I do torture myself with the "if this then that" game on a daily basis. If I would have done all my homework in elementary school, would the rest of my school years have been easier for me? Would I have done better in my high school subjects, had more discipline and gone to a better college? Would I have finished college? Then I fast forward to where I am, and evaluate whether or not I would have chosen a different career. I don't think I would have, but I did not find this one on purpose. Therefore I suppose I should be thankful I didn't do all my homework in elementary school... a split second in my crazy head! Then there are those "falling down" moments when I have something burning in my gut and I really want to say it... something piercing but life changing. There are things that remain unsaid that just get brushed under the un-medicated psychosis of a rug in my brain, continuing to feed the fire. I call it a test of emotional will. A more serious game of mind over matter than just fighting off a cold. I know if I would have just said the words, the temporary stress and pain would be overcome by long term relief. Martyr syndrome.

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