I was navigating through Hulu today and I accidentally clicked on this short film. After it started, I thought, ‘why not, just watch it?’.
It’s worth the 17-some minutes.
I’ve been working really hard lately and I don’t feel like I’ve gotten anywhere. The semester is going to start Tuesday and I’m almost finished with my syllabus, but there are billion other things to do. And classes start on my birthday. I’ll be turning 28. I’ve been trying to stay true to my philosophy of balance: giving enough time for each part of my Mental-Emotional-Physical me. What else could I do?
I’ve been re-learning to live this past semester. My girlfriend of almost two years and I broke up, catapulting me to rediscover singledom- which, after two years, was something I was not used to, relatively.
One good thing that grew out of this, was that I passed and did well in my classes. I don’t know if I could have done all that I did if I were still dating Christine.
I saw her today and had the first real conversation with her since we broke over 2 months ago. I feel like we both have realized- how much we compromised of ourselves and gave for each other. And we’re starting to learn how much of ourselves ( our beings ) we lost while dating. It’ll be forever a question “how much compared to our relationship should I/she/we be willing to give/lose in our next relationship”. And also the question