Hello, everyone.
So, mum had a chat with me.
She said that she knew how it felt, trying to live in two different worlds. I wasn't sure what to say to that, so I said nothing.
I suggested trying to do April NaNo and the course both at once. Mum agreed, but...
This transition to life thing comes first.
>.<
Here's the course list:
Understanding your diagnosis [I disagree with it more than anything]
Transition from Secondary School to Life: Benefits and Challenges
Assessment of Current Skills
Emotional Regulation and Anxiety Reduction [I'm not exactly sure how a course will help me with that...it'd be like trying to teach someone magic using a textbook.]
Social Understanding and Safety
Healthy Relationships--Friendships and Sexuality [That's kind of an odd grouping...as for sexuality...um...]
Post Secondary Education
Employment
Self-Employment
Independent Living Skills
Planning for the Future [why not the present?]
I also just realized that my schedule will look like this:
March:
Writing Book VI
April:
NaNo + Book VII
Course Work + Volunteer Work
May:
Course Work + Volunteer Work
June:
Course Work + Volunteer Work
July:
NaNo + Book VIII
My Birthday
Gah. I'm already tired.
I seem to be easily convinced to do things like this--from university residence to doing the second semester at home online...
I might not even be accepted into the course--I might be too 'high-fuctioning'.
...
If I don't get accepted, I'll have to find something else to do.
It's times like these that I feel world-weary, as if I've lived for a thousand years instead of a couple decades. I almost feel like calling out to people: 'Wake up! There's so much more than this!'
I once took a similar course in high school. It was dead boring, because I already knew most of what was in it [that, and basic common sense.]
I'm usually not so jaded...*sigh* I guess I'm just a bit grumpy. But for years now, I keep falling into that trap of 'maybe it won't be so bad'. I think I'll take a notebook to doodle in. It saved my sanity during those three and a half months of university residence, so it might help.
It's sunny today, so that's something wonderful.
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Quote:
"A memory is something that has to be consciously recalled, right? But it's different from a memory locked deep within your heart. Words aren't the only way to tell someone how you feel...As long as I'm with you, as long as you're by my side, I won't give up even if I'm scared." Tifa Lockheart, Final Fantasy VII