Showing posts with label self torment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label self torment. Show all posts

Friday, January 11, 2013

How to get nowhere...FAST

I'm 28 years old, and I feel like I'm still 16. I'm not sure if that's how all people feel, or if I'm just that insecure. I have 2 wonderful children, and I'm married to the most awesome man I know, yet I don't feel like an "adult." I don't have a job (ok, I guess I stay at home with the littlest one, so that IS my job) ..but you know what I mean. I don't drive (I'm actually going to have my license by July (but again, you know what I mean.) I'd much rather watch Gossip Girl, than clean my house, I don't always have fresh baked cookies made for the boys, and I can probably count on both hands the number of times I've gotten down on the floor and played cars with my youngest, oh, and I never graduated high-school (yeah, i was one of those really cool kids...)
I just don't FEEL like I'm doing anything with my life. I don't feel like what I AM doing is good enough. I feel like my whole life, I've been unmotivated, scared, and lazy. I have so many plans for the future I WANT to make happen. I have so many hopes, and dreams. I know exactly who I want to be, and I'm not sure if it's that I'm scared, or that I'm not sure how to go about things.. Honestly, I know the things I need to fix, and trust me, I am now starting to work on those, but I feel like things aren't happening fast enough. I want to get my license. Ok, well to get my permit cost $60, so I need to wait a few weeks before we have that (we sadly live paycheck to paycheck without me working) so I'll be getting my permit in a few weeks, and then as soon as I'm comfortable, I'll be getting my license. In March, I can take the GED test, so in March, I'll have my GED, but then what? What do I do after that? I want to go to school for an actual money making job, but what do I go for? How long will I be there? How much will it cost? Will I have time for a job, school, and my family?
I hate myself for letting things go this long. I hate myself for letting my life get so out of hand. I love my family, and they are the best thing I'll ever have in this world, but I want more for myself, so they can have more. I want to be happy, and productive, and independent, because I NEED that to not be so depressed all the time. This probably sounds like the ramblings of some 16 year old girl, and in a way, it is. I never made myself grow up. I've always depended on everyone for everything, and now, at 28 years old, I'm scared of doing things on my own. I get actually anxiety thinking of taking a drivers test. I can feel this horrible heaviness in the pit of my stomach any time I think about doing anything on my own. What if I fail? What if I'm not good at it? What if I can't do it? Maybe it's my upbringing that brings out such negative thoughts, because I'm forever thinking worst case scenarios. I mean, ALL THE DAMN TIME, I think of the worst possible outcome, and THAT'S what needs to change, but how do I change that? I really feel like I need to see a therapist, and get myself on some kind of meds, I need someone I can talk to who will reassure me. Actually, what I really need is to push myself and hold myself accountable, but that's hard to do when I'm so busy pitying myself. *sigh*

I am a 28 year old asshole...