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Miscellanea
Things I need to remember:
• Asking for help is not, as it turns out, fatal.
• Laughing is easier than pulling your hair out, and doesn't have the unfortunate side effect of making you look like a plague victim.
• Even the biggest tasks can be defeated if taken a bit at a time.
• I can write a paper the night before it's due, but the results are not all they could be.
• Be thorough, but focused.
• Trust yourself.
• Honesty, always.
Historians are the Cassandras of the Humanities
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Date: August 2nd, 2010 05:53 pm (UTC)I came to the same place you're in now, as I'm sure you're well aware.
I'll always have my little escapes, but the focus of my life is exactly attuned to a very difficult future. I'd like to believe in "salvation" and Lady knows I've witnessed more than a few miracles in my time that might give me reason to indulge in something like religious faith. But I can't. I just can't rely on anyone but myself and a few trusted allies and loved ones. Our future is out of our hands, but how we meet it...? That's up to us.
I admire you clear-eyed analytical and philosophical take on things. Have for a long time. I understand the draw towards Medieval studies. But... yeah.
{{HUGS}}