Comments on: Confession #1 http://jameystegmaier.com/2009/11/confession-1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:24:37 +0000 hourly 1 By: Lisa http://jameystegmaier.com/2009/11/confession-1/#comment-1476 Lisa Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:23:27 +0000 http://jameystegmaier.com/?p=1560#comment-1476 Great book: http://www.amazon.com/Early-Bird-Memoir-Premature-Retirement/dp/0743242173 Great book:

http://www.amazon.com/Early-Bird-Memoir-Premature-Retirement/dp/0743242173

]]> By: Penelope http://jameystegmaier.com/2009/11/confession-1/#comment-1475 Penelope Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:17:40 +0000 http://jameystegmaier.com/?p=1560#comment-1475 I know you're right, the baby seals need to learn to help themselves. It's a lesson I continuously struggle to learn. :) I know you’re right, the baby seals need to learn to help themselves. It’s a lesson I continuously struggle to learn. :)

]]> By: jameystegmaier http://jameystegmaier.com/2009/11/confession-1/#comment-1474 jameystegmaier Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:57:28 +0000 http://jameystegmaier.com/?p=1560#comment-1474 That's a good point about the book. I think sometimes I get my mind too set on things like that. "The moments where I'm truly fulfilled and feel alive are when I open myself up to possibility." I really, really like that. That rings true with me. I need to leave more room in my life for possibility. I think that's why I felt so alive when I was studying abroad--everything was a possibility, and nothing was more than a 15-minute bike ride away. That being said, the baby seals need to learn to help themselves. (Sidenote: I sometimes hold my cat like a baby and put food on his stomach so he can eat like a seal. He'll do it, too.) That’s a good point about the book. I think sometimes I get my mind too set on things like that.

“The moments where I’m truly fulfilled and feel alive are when I open myself up to possibility.” I really, really like that. That rings true with me. I need to leave more room in my life for possibility. I think that’s why I felt so alive when I was studying abroad–everything was a possibility, and nothing was more than a 15-minute bike ride away.

That being said, the baby seals need to learn to help themselves. (Sidenote: I sometimes hold my cat like a baby and put food on his stomach so he can eat like a seal. He’ll do it, too.)

]]> By: Penelope http://jameystegmaier.com/2009/11/confession-1/#comment-1473 Penelope Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:55:23 +0000 http://jameystegmaier.com/?p=1560#comment-1473 I don't feel a sense of loss at all because, in my way of thinking, that book will still be sitting next to my bed the following night. And the night after that. Whereas, the baby seals probably needed saving right then! Haha. Same goes for the dinner you were invited to but didn't attend. I would never want to miss out on that dinner, that possibility of connection with human beings I already know I enjoy. I'd much rather skip my original plans to go home, heat up last night's enchiladas and do some laundry and...live! Hopefully you don't take offense to that, but I find that the moments were I'm truly fulfilled and feel alive are when I open myself up to possibility. Now, if I had no interest in going to the dinner, I wouldn't have a problem declining. But, generally speaking, people will always trump plans like cleaning/studying/reading/relaxing/sleeping. I'm the kind of girl who will drag my pajama-clad self out of bed because a girlfriend called, upset over something and needed an ear. Glad you subscribed! I can't wait to read more of your posts. :) I don’t feel a sense of loss at all because, in my way of thinking, that book will still be sitting next to my bed the following night. And the night after that. Whereas, the baby seals probably needed saving right then! Haha. Same goes for the dinner you were invited to but didn’t attend. I would never want to miss out on that dinner, that possibility of connection with human beings I already know I enjoy. I’d much rather skip my original plans to go home, heat up last night’s enchiladas and do some laundry and…live!

Hopefully you don’t take offense to that, but I find that the moments were I’m truly fulfilled and feel alive are when I open myself up to possibility. Now, if I had no interest in going to the dinner, I wouldn’t have a problem declining. But, generally speaking, people will always trump plans like cleaning/studying/reading/relaxing/sleeping. I’m the kind of girl who will drag my pajama-clad self out of bed because a girlfriend called, upset over something and needed an ear.

Glad you subscribed! I can’t wait to read more of your posts. :)

]]> By: jameystegmaier http://jameystegmaier.com/2009/11/confession-1/#comment-1472 jameystegmaier Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:36:38 +0000 http://jameystegmaier.com/?p=1560#comment-1472 Very interesting--we are indeed opposites in these respects. My question for you is, if you were looking forward to an evening of reading and you end up nursing baby seals back to health while basketweaving, do you feel a sense of loss or disappointment that you didn't get to the book? What if you were really excited about the book? Well, it's no surprise, but I'm happy to report that I've subscribed to your blog feed. :) Very interesting–we are indeed opposites in these respects. My question for you is, if you were looking forward to an evening of reading and you end up nursing baby seals back to health while basketweaving, do you feel a sense of loss or disappointment that you didn’t get to the book? What if you were really excited about the book?

Well, it’s no surprise, but I’m happy to report that I’ve subscribed to your blog feed. :)

]]> By: Penelope http://jameystegmaier.com/2009/11/confession-1/#comment-1471 Penelope Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:47:55 +0000 http://jameystegmaier.com/?p=1560#comment-1471 WOW! I am the polar opposite. I almost always go out of my way for other people! I can intend to spend my evening quietly reading a book and instead find myself babysitting a friend's kid while I crochet a scarf for a "Warm Up" mission for church and listen to a new album a friend dropped off so I can give her a timely opinion. I live with such a spontaneous attitude that I am almost always busy with my child and friends, even if I started the week with hardly any plans at all. I will always sacrifice sleep and boring plans (like, say, my resolve to clean the refrigerator) to help a friend out. It's so interesting to hear such a different perspective!! It shouldn't be shocking for me to let you know that I also LOVE surprises! Thanks for enlightening me to the contrasting opinions of others! WOW! I am the polar opposite.

I almost always go out of my way for other people! I can intend to spend my evening quietly reading a book and instead find myself babysitting a friend’s kid while I crochet a scarf for a “Warm Up” mission for church and listen to a new album a friend dropped off so I can give her a timely opinion. I live with such a spontaneous attitude that I am almost always busy with my child and friends, even if I started the week with hardly any plans at all. I will always sacrifice sleep and boring plans (like, say, my resolve to clean the refrigerator) to help a friend out.

It’s so interesting to hear such a different perspective!! It shouldn’t be shocking for me to let you know that I also LOVE surprises! Thanks for enlightening me to the contrasting opinions of others!

]]> By: Confession #2 « Jamey Stegmaier's Blog http://jameystegmaier.com/2009/11/confession-1/#comment-1470 Confession #2 « Jamey Stegmaier's Blog Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:33:22 +0000 http://jameystegmaier.com/?p=1560#comment-1470 [...] You can read my first confession about how I don’t like to go out of my way for anything here. [...] [...] You can read my first confession about how I don’t like to go out of my way for anything here. [...]

]]> By: Dionne http://jameystegmaier.com/2009/11/confession-1/#comment-1469 Dionne Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:22:16 +0000 http://jameystegmaier.com/?p=1560#comment-1469 Oh and I would luv to retire early, but to live in a retirement home when kill me. I would want to live independently close to friends and family. Oh and I would luv to retire early, but to live in a retirement home when kill me. I would want to live independently close to friends and family.

]]> By: Dionne http://jameystegmaier.com/2009/11/confession-1/#comment-1468 Dionne Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:20:55 +0000 http://jameystegmaier.com/?p=1560#comment-1468 I love hanging with large groups of friends and family reunions (my family reunions get pretty crazy and wild because that just how us Latinos are..lol). It all comes back to the "comfortability" and "familiarity" component. I love hanging with large groups of friends and family reunions (my family reunions get pretty crazy and wild because that just how us Latinos are..lol). It all comes back to the “comfortability” and “familiarity” component.

]]> By: jameystegmaier http://jameystegmaier.com/2009/11/confession-1/#comment-1467 jameystegmaier Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:42:40 +0000 http://jameystegmaier.com/?p=1560#comment-1467 The C issue, huh? That's definitely the exact opposite. I've always admired your flexibility, though. You're willing to make time for C...although I guess I see from what you're saying that sometimes that leaves you without time for B. Was there a time in my life when I was spontaneous? I want to say my year abroad in Japan, but even then I was always thinking about what I wanted B to be, and then I'd make it happen. I think it helps to have a group of friends, all of whom want to hang out with one another, and it doesn't really matter what you do because you just want to be with each other. Studying in Japan, where that group was in the same building every day and lived pretty close to one another, made that even easier. I think I'll really enjoy life in a retirement home. Anyone want to retire early? The C issue, huh? That’s definitely the exact opposite. I’ve always admired your flexibility, though. You’re willing to make time for C…although I guess I see from what you’re saying that sometimes that leaves you without time for B.

Was there a time in my life when I was spontaneous? I want to say my year abroad in Japan, but even then I was always thinking about what I wanted B to be, and then I’d make it happen. I think it helps to have a group of friends, all of whom want to hang out with one another, and it doesn’t really matter what you do because you just want to be with each other. Studying in Japan, where that group was in the same building every day and lived pretty close to one another, made that even easier.

I think I’ll really enjoy life in a retirement home. Anyone want to retire early?

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