feeling down

Hi, I am a little down. I worked in the social service field and spent
three years with a company only to have my one client who I worked
really hard with become institutionalize. He did have a lot of
problems, but I was making progress. Well, I just filed for
unemployment, and money is not the issue here, I am interviewing and
have a second interview today, which is good news. I just hate being
home. I am the type who has endless engergy and its funny, when I was
working , I would say I wish is could do this , or that or spend more
time doing a project and now that I have the time, you wind up doing
NOTHING!!!! Just focusing on getting back to work. Now I know I
will get a job, but I just hate not working. I cant milk the
unemployment for six months, I will go out of my mind. So here the
question, how can I not eat out of bordem, depression or just plain
fustration. I never thought I was an emotional eater, but now that I
am sitting home and self pitying, I just sit and try not to eat. This
sucks!!! Now I am going to get on my treadmill today at 730am, then
chill, then go to second interview, then go lift in afternoon then I
made it thru today, I am not used to this.

If life is that bad, perhaps you should just kill yourself.


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Hi, I am a little down. I worked in the social service field and spent
three years with a company only to have my one client who I worked
really hard with become institutionalize. He did have a lot of
problems, but I was making progress. Well, I just filed for
unemployment, and money is not the issue here, I am interviewing and
have a second interview today, which is good news. I just hate being
home. I am the type who has endless engergy and its funny, when I was
working , I would say I wish is could do this , or that or spend more
time doing a project and now that I have the time, you wind up doing
NOTHING!!!! Just focusing on getting back to work. Now I know I
will get a job, but I just hate not working. I cant milk the
unemployment for six months, I will go out of my mind. So here the
question, how can I not eat out of bordem, depression or just plain
fustration. I never thought I was an emotional eater, but now that I
am sitting home and self pitying, I just sit and try not to eat. This
sucks!!! Now I am going to get on my treadmill today at 730am, then
chill, then go to second interview, then go lift in afternoon then I
made it thru today, I am not used to this.

thanks good advise. I will stock pile xanex, at least I will be a
thin corpse. What I dont understand is why you posted. What was the
point. Obviously you could offer someone some compassion when they are
down?? You are a very mixed up person, at time you offer good advise
and at times you are a nut. You have an evil streak in you.

Hey,
Just think of how good you look now that you've reached goal. You don't
want to have to do all of that over again, do you?
And since you have some extra time, why don't you go volunteer or something
to help others while you have some free time. The elderly, animal shelters,
etc.
Clean house, read, garden? Do some traveling? Go get a bike! You can
spend 6+ hours riding in the day. Hard to eat when you're pedaling!


wrote:
:: Hi, I am a little down. I worked in the social service field and
:: spent three years with a company only to have my one client who I
:: worked really hard with become institutionalize. He did have a lot
:: of problems, but I was making progress. Well, I just filed for
:: unemployment, and money is not the issue here, I am interviewing and
:: have a second interview today, which is good news. I just hate being
:: home. I am the type who has endless engergy and its funny, when I
:: was working , I would say I wish is could do this , or that or spend
:: more time doing a project and now that I have the time, you wind up
:: doing NOTHING!!!! Just focusing on getting back to work. Now I
:: know I will get a job, but I just hate not working. I cant milk
:: the unemployment for six months, I will go out of my mind. So here
:: the question, how can I not eat out of bordem, depression or just
:: plain fustration. I never thought I was an emotional eater, but
:: now that I am sitting home and self pitying, I just sit and try not
:: to eat. This sucks!!! Now I am going to get on my treadmill today
:: at 730am, then chill, then go to second interview, then go lift in
:: afternoon then I made it thru today, I am not used to this.

wrote in message
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Hi, I am a little down. I worked in the social service field and spent
three years with a company only to have my one client who I worked
really hard with become institutionalize. He did have a lot of
problems, but I was making progress. Well, I just filed for
unemployment, and money is not the issue here, I am interviewing and
have a second interview today, which is good news. I just hate being
home. I am the type who has endless engergy and its funny, when I was
working , I would say I wish is could do this , or that or spend more
time doing a project and now that I have the time, you wind up doing
NOTHING!!!! Just focusing on getting back to work. Now I know I
will get a job, but I just hate not working. I cant milk the
unemployment for six months, I will go out of my mind. So here the
question, how can I not eat out of bordem, depression or just plain
fustration. I never thought I was an emotional eater, but now that I
am sitting home and self pitying, I just sit and try not to eat. This
sucks!!! Now I am going to get on my treadmill today at 730am, then
chill, then go to second interview, then go lift in afternoon then I
made it thru today, I am not used to this.


The problem with being unemployed is you lose the "daily routine" thing. You
need to create a "routine" that you follow everyday just like when you were
working. Get up at a certain time, workout, clean the house, whatever it
takes to give yourself a sense of purpose. I was out of work for 2 years
and I know how boring things can get.

--
Joe W
T2 Nov '05
30mg Actos, 3gr(1/2 tsp or 500mg pill) Cinnamon, Diet(100 carbs) &
30 minute walk(everyday) & BowFlex 3x/week
*****Diabetes, be proactive, not reactive.*****

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" wrote:

Hi, I am a little down. I worked in the social service field and spent
three years with a company only to have my one client who I worked
really hard with become institutionalize. He did have a lot of
problems, but I was making progress. Well, I just filed for
unemployment, and money is not the issue here, I am interviewing and
have a second interview today, which is good news. I just hate being
home. I am the type who has endless engergy and its funny, when I was
working , I would say I wish is could do this , or that or spend more
time doing a project and now that I have the time, you wind up doing
NOTHING!!!! Just focusing on getting back to work. Now I know I
will get a job, but I just hate not working. I cant milk the
unemployment for six months, I will go out of my mind. So here the
question, how can I not eat out of bordem, depression or just plain
fustration. I never thought I was an emotional eater, but now that I
am sitting home and self pitying, I just sit and try not to eat. This
sucks!!! Now I am going to get on my treadmill today at 730am, then
chill, then go to second interview, then go lift in afternoon then I
made it thru today, I am not used to this.


Try weightlifting...
The Endorphin rush is actually better than the Endorphins from
pleasurable eating.

And I've personally found that it supresses appetite.

Find a good handcraft hobby to keep your hands and mind busy.

Watch videos while you do it.

And then there is always home made chicken stock and Shiratake
noodles..... ;-) Almost no calories to them. Celery sticks are good too.
Sastisfying crunch and almost no calories.
--
Peace, Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

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" wrote:

thanks good advise. I will stock pile xanex, at least I will be a
thin corpse. What I dont understand is why you posted. What was the
point. Obviously you could offer someone some compassion when they are
down?? You are a very mixed up person, at time you offer good advise
and at times you are a nut. You have an evil streak in you.


That's a normal post for Koenig...
I warn all newbies that I send to this list about him. ;-)

He needs to live in your killfile.

Cheers!
--
Peace, Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

how do you make a good home made chicken stock?

You did ask how do YOU make etc, so this is what I do. I usually buy a
couple of packages of chicken backs from my grocery store, about 2-3 lbs
or so.(If not backs, then chicken quarters; whatever is cheapest). I
then cut a good sized onion in chunks, and toss it in the pan with the
chicken. I add a couple of sticks of celery, chopped in chunks, with
the leaves on it. I cut up a couple of carrots, in 1 inch pieces. I
cover the lot in a dutch oven with water, add a bayleaf, some salt and
pepper. I bring this to a boil, then let it sit on the stove for an hour
or two to simmer really low..

Then I strain the stuff through a colander, or sieve, and let the broth
sit in the frig. When it is good and cold the fat will have risen to the
top and hardened. The broth is almost always "jellified", as in
concentrated. I remove the fat and throw it away, put the stock in a
pan, and heat it up. I adjust the salt and pepper to taste, or sometimes
toss in a bouillon cube. When it tastes right, I freeze it in one or two
cup amounts, label it concentrated stock..........and voila, that is it.

For use, I will sometimes dilute it or somtimes use it straight,
dependig on the use. Being somewhat "thrifty", I usually pick the bits
of meat off the chicken, and add that to one of the containers for a
future home-made chicken soup.

Easier to do than to type!!

Gillian
Florida

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how do you make a good home made chicken stock?

wrote:
Hi, I am a little down. I worked in the social service field and spent
three years with a company only to have my one client who I worked
really hard with become institutionalize. He did have a lot of
problems, but I was making progress. Well, I just filed for
unemployment, and money is not the issue here, I am interviewing and
have a second interview today, which is good news. I just hate being
home. I am the type who has endless engergy and its funny, when I was
working , I would say I wish is could do this , or that or spend more
time doing a project and now that I have the time, you wind up doing
NOTHING!!!! Just focusing on getting back to work. Now I know I
will get a job, but I just hate not working. I cant milk the
unemployment for six months, I will go out of my mind. So here the
question, how can I not eat out of bordem, depression or just plain
fustration. I never thought I was an emotional eater, but now that I
am sitting home and self pitying, I just sit and try not to eat. This
sucks!!! Now I am going to get on my treadmill today at 730am, then
chill, then go to second interview, then go lift in afternoon then I
made it thru today, I am not used to this.

Come to PA, I can keep you in work for 6 months easy. We'll start with
cleaning my house...



Seriously, do the stuff you'd been putting off. Stuff you want to do.
It's easy to vegetate and do nothing when no one is counting on you to
show up at a certain time, but ya hafta butch up and get past that.
Build something, do a home impreovement project, whatever.

And if you really, really need someone to provide external motivation
for you to do things - call your local United Way and ask which
agencies need volunteers. That will give you someplace you have to go
becuase people count on you, just like a job.