Comments for ... in a Bottle http://www.inabottle.org Genie wuz here Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:10:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Recap of Living Out Loud volume 14: Gone fishin’ by Genie http://www.inabottle.org/2010/03/07/recap-of-living-out-loud-volume-14-gone-fishin/#comment-4559 Genie Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:10:41 +0000 http://www.inabottle.org/?p=1962#comment-4559 Doh! Just fixed it. I need an intern! :) Doh! Just fixed it. I need an intern! :)

]]> Comment on Recap of Living Out Loud volume 14: Gone fishin’ by Deb http://www.inabottle.org/2010/03/07/recap-of-living-out-loud-volume-14-gone-fishin/#comment-4552 Deb Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:36:24 +0000 http://www.inabottle.org/?p=1962#comment-4552 Genie dear, Could you please fix the link for SuziCate’s entry. She's crosslinked with Rachel's entry. ( I very much like to read them all.) Genie dear,
Could you please fix the link for SuziCate’s entry. She’s crosslinked with Rachel’s entry. ( I very much like to read them all.)

]]> Comment on Living in a moment by Ruth http://www.inabottle.org/2010/03/07/living-in-a-moment-2/#comment-4549 Ruth Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:59:22 +0000 http://www.inabottle.org/?p=1959#comment-4549 Beautiful Herndon quote, " . . . . Who could ask for more than to be living in a moment you would die for?” Wow. Thanks. And I completely agree with your line, "I also wonder if retirement isn’t necessarily the point when you’re no longer working, but the point when you’re no longer putting up with other people’s bullshit." . . . . I know that has a lot to do with my peace of mind lately. Beautiful Herndon quote, ” . . . . Who could ask for more than to be living in a moment you would die for?” Wow. Thanks.

And I completely agree with your line, “I also wonder if retirement isn’t necessarily the point when you’re no longer working, but the point when you’re no longer putting up with other people’s bullshit.” . . . . I know that has a lot to do with my peace of mind lately.

]]> Comment on Recap of Living Out Loud volume 14: Gone fishin’ by Ruth http://www.inabottle.org/2010/03/07/recap-of-living-out-loud-volume-14-gone-fishin/#comment-4548 Ruth Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:46:08 +0000 http://www.inabottle.org/?p=1962#comment-4548 WOW! I'm so surprised, happy & grateful. Thanks Genie. I'll just say it, your prize is the first thing of any monetary value I've ever gotten from writing. So, thank you. Ironically, I spent $35 at Amazon yesterday morning BEFORE I even finished writing my post. That habit does not bode well for my retirement nest egg. I agree, this topic was tough. I almost gave up in the midst of writing the post ... I actually had thoughts like, "I hate prompts!", "If it weren't for today's deadline, I'd give up." Thanks for the motivation. WOW! I’m so surprised, happy & grateful. Thanks Genie. I’ll just say it, your prize is the first thing of any monetary value I’ve ever gotten from writing. So, thank you. Ironically, I spent $35 at Amazon yesterday morning BEFORE I even finished writing my post. That habit does not bode well for my retirement nest egg.

I agree, this topic was tough. I almost gave up in the midst of writing the post … I actually had thoughts like, “I hate prompts!”, “If it weren’t for today’s deadline, I’d give up.” Thanks for the motivation.

]]> Comment on Recap of Living Out Loud volume 14: Gone fishin’ by Amy http://www.inabottle.org/2010/03/07/recap-of-living-out-loud-volume-14-gone-fishin/#comment-4546 Amy Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:46:17 +0000 http://www.inabottle.org/?p=1962#comment-4546 This was a tough one, which means it probably was a good thing for me to work on. Thanks! This was a tough one, which means it probably was a good thing for me to work on. Thanks!

]]> Comment on Recap of Living Out Loud volume 14: Gone fishin’ by Genie http://www.inabottle.org/2010/03/07/recap-of-living-out-loud-volume-14-gone-fishin/#comment-4545 Genie Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:01:56 +0000 http://www.inabottle.org/?p=1962#comment-4545 I'm happy to add it to the recap if you still want to write something up. I’m happy to add it to the recap if you still want to write something up.

]]> Comment on Living in a moment by Kim http://www.inabottle.org/2010/03/07/living-in-a-moment-2/#comment-4544 Kim Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:42:57 +0000 http://www.inabottle.org/?p=1959#comment-4544 My parents have been talking about my retirement and how to prepare for it since I was maybe 14, so I've been forced for brief painful moments to think about it ever since then. Usually that means I dig my feet in and refuse, but yeah. I've had various dreams here and there but nothing has stuck. And I think i went through a brief "better live fast and die young" phase that thankfully I grew out of. I have some ideas but mostly I want to be mentally resilient enough to deal with what comes, starting now, and lasting until I die. But I can hear my mom saying that none of that mental resilience will matter if I haven't invested and saved wisely. :) My parents have been talking about my retirement and how to prepare for it since I was maybe 14, so I’ve been forced for brief painful moments to think about it ever since then. Usually that means I dig my feet in and refuse, but yeah. I’ve had various dreams here and there but nothing has stuck. And I think i went through a brief “better live fast and die young” phase that thankfully I grew out of.

I have some ideas but mostly I want to be mentally resilient enough to deal with what comes, starting now, and lasting until I die.

But I can hear my mom saying that none of that mental resilience will matter if I haven’t invested and saved wisely. :)

]]> Comment on Recap of Living Out Loud volume 14: Gone fishin’ by Kim http://www.inabottle.org/2010/03/07/recap-of-living-out-loud-volume-14-gone-fishin/#comment-4543 Kim Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:26:28 +0000 http://www.inabottle.org/?p=1962#comment-4543 SHIT! I have a date block in my head right now, something about all the snot that's been moving through there, and I was like "oh I am sure that's due a long time from now" when I saw Megan's entry this morning. SIGH. I am stupid. I would have written something up. SHIT! I have a date block in my head right now, something about all the snot that’s been moving through there, and I was like “oh I am sure that’s due a long time from now” when I saw Megan’s entry this morning. SIGH. I am stupid. I would have written something up.

]]> Comment on Living in a moment by Rachel http://www.inabottle.org/2010/03/07/living-in-a-moment-2/#comment-4541 Rachel Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:38:35 +0000 http://www.inabottle.org/?p=1959#comment-4541 My psychiatrist/therapist wants me to have goals for the future - not entirely dwell on it of course - but something to work towards. And as I wrote about, it's hard to imagine. There isn't a whole lot of longevity in my family anyways. But I didn't want to bow out the second time around. My psychiatrist/therapist wants me to have goals for the future – not entirely dwell on it of course – but something to work towards. And as I wrote about, it’s hard to imagine. There isn’t a whole lot of longevity in my family anyways.

But I didn’t want to bow out the second time around.

]]> Comment on Living in a moment by Megan http://www.inabottle.org/2010/03/07/living-in-a-moment-2/#comment-4540 Megan Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:51:06 +0000 http://www.inabottle.org/?p=1959#comment-4540 Can I be honest with you? I hated having to write about retirement. I hated having to think about retirement. I even considered not posting this month - seriously considered it for the first time in the 14 month history of LoL. It wasn't that it was hard. It's just that I didn't wanna! (stomp foot like small child and pouty pout pout.) I didn't want to think about it because it seemed largely pointless. It's too far off. Too many things can happen. I have no idea where I'll be when it's time to retire. I don't think I'm likely to ever have time to retire. And most of what I think about doing then, I'd rather do now. Write. Travel. See friends. Try new things. I did post, obviously. Because 13 LoLs in a row! I just couldn't break the pattern at 14. So I guess LoL is a success for me this month because I wrote about something I never would have otherwise. But really all I wanted to say was this: Fuck off, retirement. I'm living my life now. Can I be honest with you? I hated having to write about retirement. I hated having to think about retirement. I even considered not posting this month – seriously considered it for the first time in the 14 month history of LoL. It wasn’t that it was hard. It’s just that I didn’t wanna! (stomp foot like small child and pouty pout pout.) I didn’t want to think about it because it seemed largely pointless. It’s too far off. Too many things can happen.

I have no idea where I’ll be when it’s time to retire. I don’t think I’m likely to ever have time to retire. And most of what I think about doing then, I’d rather do now. Write. Travel. See friends. Try new things.

I did post, obviously. Because 13 LoLs in a row! I just couldn’t break the pattern at 14. So I guess LoL is a success for me this month because I wrote about something I never would have otherwise. But really all I wanted to say was this:

Fuck off, retirement. I’m living my life now.

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