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		<description><![CDATA[Don’t you hate it when you feel down despite the fact things are going well?  I had this discussion with a friend the other day.  I don’t know if it’s normal for people to get feelings like this and I guess I’d be interested to find out more if my level of motivation hadn’t dropped [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Don’t you hate it when you feel down despite the fact things are going well?  I had this discussion with a friend the other day.  I don’t know if it’s normal for people to get feelings like this and I guess I’d be interested to find out more if my level of motivation hadn’t dropped significantly over the past few days.</p>
<p>Just so you know, my brain isn’t exactly working tonight.  I know what I want to say but every time I type it, it doesn’t seem to make sense.  My train of thought is very disjointed, so I apologise in advance if something doesn’t make sense.</p>
<p>It feels like I’m stuck in a cycle of bliss, contentedness and misery that seems to work on what I like to think of as a ‘trigger-system’.  By that I mean that if I feel happy I think it’s only a matter of time until something goes wrong, and if I feel sad I think I just have to wait for something to go right.  It could take a few hours or a few days.  How sad I feel doesn’t affect the time span; I can be either very distressed or just feeling mildly disconnected, like I do now.</p>
<p>I realise it’s completely irrational to be feeling upset when things are going well.  I think I’m feeling this way now because I’m emotionally and physically exhausted.  My back has now been aching for 12 days and I’ve had very little sleep in that time.</p>
<p>I’m also very nervous about my job interview tomorrow.  I’m really looking forward to it and I feel excited about the fact that I’ve found the beginning of the road I want to walk down and I don’t feel completely lost.</p>
<p>However, this afternoon I was talking to one of my friends who had been trying to help motivate me since my break-up.  He asked me where my job interview was, and when I told him, he had the nerve to say, and I quote, “Get a real job.”  I felt deeply offended and disheartened, even if he was just ‘joking’, which I don’t think he was because when I tried to explain why I’m passionate about this line of work, he told me working at the local supermarket would be more of a ‘job’.</p>
<p>What the hell?  Apparently teaching parents, babies and children about pool safety that could very well save their lives one day is a waste of time.  It also means I’m a ‘babysitter’ and not a ‘teacher’.</p>
<p>What-ev-er.</p>
<p>The other issue I have at the moment is that I&#8217;ve found out a few of my close friends are moving away.  Emma already lives in New Zealand and I have two more friends who are moving overseas to be with people they love; one to the US and one to the UK.  On the one hand, I can go visit them and see more of the world, but I&#8217;ll still miss them dearly&#8230;</p>
<p>A good representation of how I&#8217;m feeling now would be a song most people would know quite well, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZjf9C6atT4" target="_blank">Evanescence &#8211; Going under</a>.</p>
<p>My next blog will either be ecstatic or bleh, I imagine&#8230; you know, as opposed to all the other things it could be.</p>
<p>Haha. Oh, I amuse myself.</p>
<p>&lt;3 DarkSlinky.</p>
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