Comments on: Self Discovery, Where Art Thou? http://mikewalzman.wordpress.com/2008/12/04/self-discovery-where-art-thou/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:57:07 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: mikewalzman http://mikewalzman.wordpress.com/2008/12/04/self-discovery-where-art-thou/#comment-81 mikewalzman Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:24:04 +0000 http://mikewalzman.wordpress.com/?p=336#comment-81 "I don’t search for who I am anymore. Who I am is revealed to me as I go along" Wow, I love that. That's going on my quote of the day. : ) “I don’t search for who I am anymore. Who I am is revealed to me as I go along” Wow, I love that. That’s going on my quote of the day. : )

]]> By: Ginger http://mikewalzman.wordpress.com/2008/12/04/self-discovery-where-art-thou/#comment-79 Ginger Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:24:00 +0000 http://mikewalzman.wordpress.com/?p=336#comment-79 Self discovery...what and interesting topic. I haven't traveled the same road as you. I have never done drugs and I was really only a social drinker. My struggles were mental. I suffered from anxiety and depression since early high school. I have had hours of counseling and during grad school I decided to take anti-depression meds. It wasn't a decision I took lightly. My doctor and I talked long and hard about all of my options and after much thought I agreed the I needed more help than counseling could provide. In 2005 I decided, with my doctor's supervision, to end the medicine. And as we get ready to enter 2009, things are going good for me mentally and emotionally. As for self discovery, I think it is a life-long event. It seems like I am always learning more and more about myself. I think that you will never completely know who you are until you reach the end of the journey. And I don't plan for my journey to end for many MANY more years! Who you are changes as the years go by. I can say that at 31 I am not the same person I was at 21 or even 27. Who I am changes as I learn more and experience more. Who you are evolves. I don't search for who I am anymore. Who I am is revealed to me as I go along. All of this isn't to say that we don't have to be open to change. Change is part of the evolution! I also try not to label myself because those labels are bound to change. I am talking about labels that are specific like: democrat, republican, Baptist, radical, tree-hugger! I am who I am and it is constantly in flux. The one label that I happily accept it Mom. I will now and forever be a mom and I am okay with that! :) Self discovery…what and interesting topic. I haven’t traveled the same road as you. I have never done drugs and I was really only a social drinker. My struggles were mental. I suffered from anxiety and depression since early high school. I have had hours of counseling and during grad school I decided to take anti-depression meds. It wasn’t a decision I took lightly. My doctor and I talked long and hard about all of my options and after much thought I agreed the I needed more help than counseling could provide. In 2005 I decided, with my doctor’s supervision, to end the medicine. And as we get ready to enter 2009, things are going good for me mentally and emotionally.

As for self discovery, I think it is a life-long event. It seems like I am always learning more and more about myself. I think that you will never completely know who you are until you reach the end of the journey. And I don’t plan for my journey to end for many MANY more years!

Who you are changes as the years go by. I can say that at 31 I am not the same person I was at 21 or even 27. Who I am changes as I learn more and experience more. Who you are evolves.

I don’t search for who I am anymore. Who I am is revealed to me as I go along. All of this isn’t to say that we don’t have to be open to change. Change is part of the evolution! I also try not to label myself because those labels are bound to change. I am talking about labels that are specific like: democrat, republican, Baptist, radical, tree-hugger! I am who I am and it is constantly in flux. The one label that I happily accept it Mom. I will now and forever be a mom and I am okay with that! :)

]]> By: mikewalzman http://mikewalzman.wordpress.com/2008/12/04/self-discovery-where-art-thou/#comment-78 mikewalzman Fri, 05 Dec 2008 06:31:59 +0000 http://mikewalzman.wordpress.com/?p=336#comment-78 Your very welcome : ) Your very welcome : )

]]> By: Lisa Marie http://mikewalzman.wordpress.com/2008/12/04/self-discovery-where-art-thou/#comment-76 Lisa Marie Fri, 05 Dec 2008 06:08:35 +0000 http://mikewalzman.wordpress.com/?p=336#comment-76 I feel like I too am trying to figure out part of who I am or am becoming. It's just hard because I want to try so many things and do so much that it all just crumbles together and I end up doing nothing. Your comment on my last blog made me think alot too. About how its up to us in choosing how long we want to wait to actually do something. So I guess I have a lot to think about. Thanks for the encouraging words : ) I feel like I too am trying to figure out part of who I am or am becoming. It’s just hard because I want to try so many things and do so much that it all just crumbles together and I end up doing nothing. Your comment on my last blog made me think alot too. About how its up to us in choosing how long we want to wait to actually do something. So I guess I have a lot to think about. Thanks for the encouraging words : )

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