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Laurie Ellen
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 Posted: 10/24/03 - 09:38 Post subject: Looking forward...
Do you find you function better daily when you have something good to look forward to?
It seems to be a large part of my makeup that I need something on the horizon (whether it be registering for a race or a vacation or similar) to buck me up when I'm feeling low. Chronic pain and daily stressful stuff seem easier to handle, and all that.
You?
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copteacher
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Posted: 10/24/03 - 09:50 Post subject:
I go after goals then immediately make the next one so yea.
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brie k
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Posted: 10/24/03 - 09:53 Post subject:
I am on a break from school right now, starting my next semester in mid-November due to adding a course at the last minute, and I'm really looking forward to starting on the homework again. I love that school is just mine, that the success of it depends solely on me. It's nice to have a break, but I like hitting the books better.
I also am looking forward to Wills 2nd quarter of school. He is a bright student, his teacher thinks he's amazing, and she sent a handbook home of things that we can do that will reinforce some things he will be learning. Lots of math & english exercises, but fun stuff. I also picked up some stuff for him at the learning store, so we'll start on that.
I look forward to just about everyday, time I get to spend with my kids; they are my horizon. I had bought Scrabble for a Christmas present to the family, but Jake got into the Christmas box and it was on the floor in the closet and thought "why wait?" So I am looking forward to playing that with them more and more. I think this will help both of the kids with their spelling, their creative thinking. We played a few games last night and had a blast!!
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MechEngDropout
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Posted: 10/24/03 - 10:41 Post subject:
Yes I do. Right now I really don't have anything immediate to look forward to, so I'm pretty unmotivated.
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runswithscissors
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Posted: 10/24/03 - 11:13 Post subject:
I think my job being as new as it is yet helps me stay motivated. I look forward to every evening coming home and playing with my son as well, so that always adds to the moto! 
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coachmarkos
my boys could swim
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Posted: 10/24/03 - 11:19 Post subject:
We're always looking forward to something.
Usually, it's another kid's birth. 
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jrjo
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Posted: 10/24/03 - 11:21 Post subject:
Half-marathon in 2 weeks 
Small town one too, so age groupin' is a serious possibility 
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purple hayes
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Posted: 10/24/03 - 11:25 Post subject:
Gots to look forward to something. Looking back makes me want to 
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airehead
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Posted: 10/24/03 - 11:49 Post subject:
Wasn't it Phar Lap who said that happiness was "Someone to Love, Something to Do, and Something to Hope for"?
I do work much better looking forward.
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