Comments on: Being. Doing. Having: Unfiltered. http://sydneyowen.com/2009/12/01/being-doing-having-unfiltered/ a raw take on my life as it is: unpredictable, frightening and wildly exciting. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: #SOBCon2010 entry, or My BlogCrush confession « A Work in Progress http://sydneyowen.com/2009/12/01/being-doing-having-unfiltered/comment-page-1/#comment-2732 #SOBCon2010 entry, or My BlogCrush confession « A Work in Progress Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:45:07 +0000 http://sydneyowen.com/?p=847#comment-2732 [...] me breaking into our evolving profession is not impossible, and her blog showed me all of the possibilities. My life is better because of her because when I started reading her story, the refreshing, genuine [...] [...] me breaking into our evolving profession is not impossible, and her blog showed me all of the possibilities. My life is better because of her because when I started reading her story, the refreshing, genuine [...]

]]> By: DShan http://sydneyowen.com/2009/12/01/being-doing-having-unfiltered/comment-page-1/#comment-2593 DShan Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:00:30 +0000 http://sydneyowen.com/?p=847#comment-2593 Yeah, I can get on board with this. I'm a big believer in actively being content about yourself...putting yourself in rooms you find compelling and interesting. I'm not big on the attitude that we're all supposed to get off our asses and beat the rest of the world into our canvas so we find it pretty. Being totally reactive is a recipe for disaster. Following your gut, especially in the ways it wants you to express yourself; that's a recipe for a dose of happiness. Thinking action is everything misses the part where you stop and listen to what the world is saying to you.<br><br>We all have a unique relationship with control; self-control and emotional control. We generally need different levels of it, but we all need a balance; some semblance of the importance of our decisions, alongside some notion that the world does it's own thing and digesting the world is part of the game.<br><br>I'm in a period in which I'm a little unsure as to the product of my decisions. I keep making them as they present themselves, but I'm also listening quite a bit. Things are happening around me (quickly, actually), and that's exciting. Yeah, I can get on board with this. I'm a big believer in actively being content about yourself…putting yourself in rooms you find compelling and interesting. I'm not big on the attitude that we're all supposed to get off our asses and beat the rest of the world into our canvas so we find it pretty. Being totally reactive is a recipe for disaster. Following your gut, especially in the ways it wants you to express yourself; that's a recipe for a dose of happiness. Thinking action is everything misses the part where you stop and listen to what the world is saying to you.

We all have a unique relationship with control; self-control and emotional control. We generally need different levels of it, but we all need a balance; some semblance of the importance of our decisions, alongside some notion that the world does it's own thing and digesting the world is part of the game.

I'm in a period in which I'm a little unsure as to the product of my decisions. I keep making them as they present themselves, but I'm also listening quite a bit. Things are happening around me (quickly, actually), and that's exciting.

]]> By: DShan http://sydneyowen.com/2009/12/01/being-doing-having-unfiltered/comment-page-1/#comment-2393 DShan Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:00:30 +0000 http://sydneyowen.com/?p=847#comment-2393 Yeah, I can get on board with this. I'm a big believer in actively being content about yourself...putting yourself in rooms you find compelling and interesting. I'm not big on the attitude that we're all supposed to get off our asses and beat the rest of the world into our canvas so we find it pretty. Being totally reactive is a recipe for disaster. Following your gut, especially in the ways it wants you to express yourself; that's a recipe for a dose of happiness. Thinking action is everything misses the part where you stop and listen to what the world is saying to you.<br><br>We all have a unique relationship with control; self-control and emotional control. We generally need different levels of it, but we all need a balance; some semblance of the importance of our decisions, alongside some notion that the world does it's own thing and digesting the world is part of the game.<br><br>I'm in a period in which I'm a little unsure as to the product of my decisions. I keep making them as they present themselves, but I'm also listening quite a bit. Things are happening around me (quickly, actually), and that's exciting. Yeah, I can get on board with this. I'm a big believer in actively being content about yourself…putting yourself in rooms you find compelling and interesting. I'm not big on the attitude that we're all supposed to get off our asses and beat the rest of the world into our canvas so we find it pretty. Being totally reactive is a recipe for disaster. Following your gut, especially in the ways it wants you to express yourself; that's a recipe for a dose of happiness. Thinking action is everything misses the part where you stop and listen to what the world is saying to you.

We all have a unique relationship with control; self-control and emotional control. We generally need different levels of it, but we all need a balance; some semblance of the importance of our decisions, alongside some notion that the world does it's own thing and digesting the world is part of the game.

I'm in a period in which I'm a little unsure as to the product of my decisions. I keep making them as they present themselves, but I'm also listening quite a bit. Things are happening around me (quickly, actually), and that's exciting.

]]> By: nicoleantoinette http://sydneyowen.com/2009/12/01/being-doing-having-unfiltered/comment-page-1/#comment-2353 nicoleantoinette Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:14:23 +0000 http://sydneyowen.com/?p=847#comment-2353 "Life happens and you choose how to react to it."<br><br>I think I go through phases with this. Sometimes I feel like I'm totally and completely in control, being and doing and creating my life from scratch, just the way I want it. But other times? It feels like things really are happening to me, or more accurately, things are happening around me and I'm moving in slow motion. “Life happens and you choose how to react to it.”

I think I go through phases with this. Sometimes I feel like I'm totally and completely in control, being and doing and creating my life from scratch, just the way I want it. But other times? It feels like things really are happening to me, or more accurately, things are happening around me and I'm moving in slow motion.

]]> By: Sydney Owen http://sydneyowen.com/2009/12/01/being-doing-having-unfiltered/comment-page-1/#comment-2351 Sydney Owen Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:37:12 +0000 http://sydneyowen.com/?p=847#comment-2351 AND BY THE WAY, I loved the comment on the last post - you're totally wise beyond your years (and that's why I demand that you stay in touch because I'd LOVE to work with you when you graduate). <br><br>Thanks for bringing the "liking" to a whole new level. I'm a fan that you're a fan of the liking. :) AND BY THE WAY, I loved the comment on the last post – you're totally wise beyond your years (and that's why I demand that you stay in touch because I'd LOVE to work with you when you graduate).

Thanks for bringing the “liking” to a whole new level. I'm a fan that you're a fan of the liking. :)

]]> By: Sydney Owen http://sydneyowen.com/2009/12/01/being-doing-having-unfiltered/comment-page-1/#comment-2352 Sydney Owen Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:35:55 +0000 http://sydneyowen.com/?p=847#comment-2352 One, welcome! Glad to have you here and throwing your thoughts around. Two, you're absolutely spot on in saying that nobody else can do it for you. I wish more people realized that kind of stuff. But then again, if they did, i might not have a job bc there would be tons of people that are go-getters (like you and I) that would be doing the same things that I did. :) One, welcome! Glad to have you here and throwing your thoughts around. Two, you're absolutely spot on in saying that nobody else can do it for you. I wish more people realized that kind of stuff. But then again, if they did, i might not have a job bc there would be tons of people that are go-getters (like you and I) that would be doing the same things that I did. :)

]]> By: Sydney Owen http://sydneyowen.com/2009/12/01/being-doing-having-unfiltered/comment-page-1/#comment-2350 Sydney Owen Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:34:17 +0000 http://sydneyowen.com/?p=847#comment-2350 I wish more people were like you re: the visiting thing. That's incredibly frustrating when everyone is so nonchalant about making plans. I'll just do it and be done with it too. <br><br>I think I'll need to write a follow-up post better explaining the BEING vs DOING thing... I'll get on that. I wish more people were like you re: the visiting thing. That's incredibly frustrating when everyone is so nonchalant about making plans. I'll just do it and be done with it too.

I think I'll need to write a follow-up post better explaining the BEING vs DOING thing… I'll get on that.

]]> By: Sydney Owen http://sydneyowen.com/2009/12/01/being-doing-having-unfiltered/comment-page-1/#comment-2349 Sydney Owen Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:32:46 +0000 http://sydneyowen.com/?p=847#comment-2349 I hadn't even thought of the consequences but I think you just hit something that is right on the money. By being a BEING, I have greater control. And being a control-freak, that's fitting. I'm not okay with the whole "roll with it" thing, though sometimes I have to be, I'd rather have control over the situation at hand. <br><br>Great point! I hadn't even thought of the consequences but I think you just hit something that is right on the money. By being a BEING, I have greater control. And being a control-freak, that's fitting. I'm not okay with the whole “roll with it” thing, though sometimes I have to be, I'd rather have control over the situation at hand.

Great point!

]]> By: Sydney Owen http://sydneyowen.com/2009/12/01/being-doing-having-unfiltered/comment-page-1/#comment-2348 Sydney Owen Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:31:35 +0000 http://sydneyowen.com/?p=847#comment-2348 I think to an extent, it does. Without rewriting the entire chapter for you to read to distinguish the difference, at face-value, I think they do go hand in hand. Read the book, then come back and tell me what you think, I'll be interested to see if it shapes your thoughts at all! :)<br><br>And I'm right there with you on the taking action vs. waiting for it to happen. I would still be waiting for this to happen to me if I hadn't taken action. And that's a scary thought. I think to an extent, it does. Without rewriting the entire chapter for you to read to distinguish the difference, at face-value, I think they do go hand in hand. Read the book, then come back and tell me what you think, I'll be interested to see if it shapes your thoughts at all! :)

And I'm right there with you on the taking action vs. waiting for it to happen. I would still be waiting for this to happen to me if I hadn't taken action. And that's a scary thought.

]]> By: Sydney Owen http://sydneyowen.com/2009/12/01/being-doing-having-unfiltered/comment-page-1/#comment-2347 Sydney Owen Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:29:59 +0000 http://sydneyowen.com/?p=847#comment-2347 Glad to be in your company as well, Tim! Thanks for being here and weighing in. :) I don't have much more to add to that! Glad to be in your company as well, Tim! Thanks for being here and weighing in. :) I don't have much more to add to that!

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