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today i got off my lazy a** and did a bunch of cleaning around here. i won't bore you with the details, suffice to say i got quit a bit done, and i'm content with myself ^^

i decided that rather then trying to cram in a few more chores before casey get's home that i'd reward myself with a little internet break before starting on dinner.

my first net stop was my email, and the one i'd like to talk about today is one i got from my brother.

i'm really pleased despite the fact that his message was basically just a rant fest of how shitty his week has been. i'm happy because, he doesn't open up like that to me (or at all) very often. i'm hoping i can keep that kind of candid dialog going. i sympathized with him, offered a couple suggestions, and ended by telling him i wished i could come visit, but even if i wasn't going to be physically around, that he should always feel free to b***h to me when life's getting him down.

that really is one of my finest skills, the ability to let people b***h and rant, to sympathize with them, and to offer advice when i sense they're open to it. maybe i should have been a counselor.... everyone said so when i was in middle and high school. and i've always loved psychology ... but no, no i still stand by my ultimate decision. if i had gone the way of the counselor i would have used my skills all day at work, and by the time i got home or had a chance to be around friends i would be sick of listening and want to do my own bitching. ultimately i choose the ability to be there for my friends and family over using my skills to help strangers and get paid for it.

i'd rather write anyway ^^ partially because i can keep my own hours as a freelancer and partially because (as an ENFP) i just have too many things i'd be good at or enjoy. i'm not able to settle into one career forever, i'd jump from job to job in the "real world," and that wouldn't be a very efficient or full filling use of my time, imo.

no, as a writer i can jump from project to project and interest to interest without actually having to change my profession. i realize it may seem a little crazy to most people, and it doesn't seem right to say this, but i really feel that becoming a freelance writer is the most practical career i could choose. no matter how i think about it, or how many other things i think i might want to do as well ... writing just fits me the best ^^