Kiss your past goodbye.

[coloradodem2005]

I wish I could.

[PartyPooper]

1. Just say, "Bye, bye!"

:hi:

:D

[musical_soul]

2. Thought I couldn't either.

When I started realizing I was in control of my future, things changed. Might be different for others though.

[jobycom]

3. With my memory, that's a nightly occurence. nt.

[LibraLiz1973]

6. roflmao

good reply

[Writer]

4. Hey, have any old papers around?

Old bank statements? Credit card statements? Anything else you don't need?

Go to your fireplace and burn them. It will cleanse your soul and you will feel anew.

Writer.

[Ladyhawk]

5. That's a good idea for anyone.

I've kept old journals and old pictures of boyfriends, etc. I really should just burn them all.

For a long time now I've known that the past should be mostly forgotten, yet I dream about the past every single night. I have made an effort to go forward and leave the past behind, but it's hard considering I live in the small town where I was born.

I think I am going to have to leave in order to find peace. Plans will be made as soon as I am better physically. :)

[Radio_Lady]

23. Shred the pictures of old boyfriends. Or better yet -- I got my

current husband to transfer them to my computer in a file called LOSERS.jpg. It was a fun night.

Oh, and I had baby and toddler photos of my ex-husband and his deceased mother, father and aunt, since our divorce in 1971.

My husband put them together in a nice .jpg and emailed them to my ex. (This is a strange situation where my current husband gets along better with my ex-husband than I do.)

Then, I took the original photos and gave them to my daughter. She mailed them to her father. He responded positively to both gestures.

[AlienGirl]

7. Which parts of it?

[coloradodem2005]

8. Many. Too many to count.

[AlienGirl]

9. Got any particular things?

[coloradodem2005]

10. Just all the social problems I have had.

Especially as a young kid and even in recent years. My problems finding work. Though that is part of my present. Getting railroaded on teaching. The problems I have had with women. To name a few.

[xmas74]

11. Maybe relocate?

I know that a couple of years ago KC was begging for teachers. Might do you good to leave your town and look somewhere else for a new life.

[coloradodem2005]

12. Maybe. But not to teach.

[xmas74]

13. What would you do?

[coloradodem2005]

14. Not that.

[xmas74]

15. Look around for something else.

There is something out there for you. You just have to look for it.

[Radio_Lady]

25. Get hold of the book "What Color Is Your Parachute?" and do

the exercises the author suggests. It's a wonderful book with much information crammed inside.

Better yet, looks like Richard Bolles (the author) has a web site:

http://www.jobhuntersbible.com/

My husband and I have changed careers several times -- about 25 years at each one, off and on.

We're still exploring our lives at ages 66 and 71, as volunteers.

Wish you luck, colorado!

[leftofthedial]

16. you need to kiss your future hello, dude.

[enigmatic]

17. Roadtrip

Sounds like you need one. Riding on Greyhounds going to faceless cities was a part of my life for a number of years; melancholy meditation to me..

[coloradodem2005]

18. I wish I could do that.

I wish I could go to Europe or the Caribbean. But I have no money.

[enigmatic]

19. You don't need to go overseas

You need to go on the road; all it takes is a bus ticket and a backpack. Or a car and a little gas money...

[AlienGirl]

20. How did you support yourself while roadtripping?

[enigmatic]

21. I worked like a dog for 6 months at a time

I worked in Hotels for 60-70 hours a week, 6 days a week and saved all my money; once I got the itch, I took off and gave all my belongings away to friends and hopped on the Greyhound. First place that looked good I went; when I ran out of money I hopped trains or got a job in whatever city I was in at the time..

[WCGreen]

22. I got the urge for goin'

When the summer grass is turnin brown
When all the empires are turning down
Winters closin in......

Tom Rush......

Man, I have about ten boxcars of past slanging back o me....

Listen, you can't keep perserverating on the past cause the future will never come...

I quit drinking 22 years ago, blew the chance of a two lifetimes, careers, good careers handed to me and I blew them both, alientated almost every good woman I met, dissed my family, ruined my health and yet, I ended up in love, still alive and with a fair fair amount of respect in the politcal world.....

Satchel Paige said it best....

Don't look back, someone might be gaining on you.....

[enigmatic]

24. Yep

Tom Rush is great, BTW...

I spent about 10 years on the road between Greyhound and the trains; staying in flophouses and drinking and writing. Even though some of the times were unbearably sad, I never regretted any of it; it was something I needed to do to become who I am..

[WCGreen]

26. I just did that one summer....

I wish I had done it more.....

I ended up in Salem Oregon working the strawberry ptches with the Vietnamese boat people......

Of course there was that downward spiral after that that landed me two steps away from the high level bridge...

But that's a different story....

[enigmatic]

27. You need to do a blog, bro

Seriously. My wife has bugged me to do one again; you do, too..

[WCGreen]

28. That would be great.....

I was all set to start a blog two years ago and then was hired as a consultant and it zapped all my energy. Then I got real sick, ended up in osptiatl for a month and then I rediscovered DU...

So here I am, ready and willin after I clear off afew things from my desk.....

Seriously, I would love t double blog. It would be cool....

Mrs. WC Green, when she's not breaking into the shower, has been pushing me to get back to writing for some time now....

[enigmatic]

30. Mine, too

I figure I can do one blog a week for sure; we should do this..

[WCGreen]

31. I'll PM you later today

[enigmatic]

32. You got it

[Radio_Lady]

29. coloradodem, sorry you don't have money --

nothing saved? All tapped out? Here's my story in 1970 and 71 --

I ended up with a husband living with another woman, and telling me after nine years of marriage that he didn't love me anymore --

Got in my car with two children, ages 1 and 2, and all the disposable diapers I could carry in my Volvo --

Drove from Miami, Florida to a small town in the mountains of North Carolina.

Rented a small apartment, went to a religious service and prayed really hard (I was down to my last $85!).

One of the businessmen in town took pity on me and gave me a job as a cashier.

Made ends meet until I got a hold of my self respect. Went back to Florida, filed for divorce -- then met some of the nicest men I'd ever met. Eventually married again in 1973 -- a man who is still the best (step)father two kids could have ever wanted!

Good jobs came my way, too.

I wish you lots of love and life up ahead. Keep us posted if you can.

In peace,

Radio Lady