Grad School Dropout

Member Since 01/25/2017

  • Grad School Dropout 7 years ago on I'm Going To Lose This Weight, Dammit

    I feel you on all or nothing. I am either drinking green smoothies for breakfast/dinner with a salad for lunch, or I’m eating pizza from a gas station at 3 AM, then waking up 5 hours tired and hungover with a nutritious breakfast of Reeses cups, excessive amounts of coffee, and no water.

    There is no middle ground for me!

    However, I highly recommend kickboxing. I do a fitness kickboxing class twice a week at an MMA gym, and it’s really the only exercise plan I’ve been able to stick to. It’s fun, relieves stress, and engaged my brain. I also need to lose 30+ lbs, so I need to supplement the boxing sessions with some weights/running and not eat like crap. Good luck!

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  • Grad School Dropout 7 years ago on You'll Never Find A Relationship If You're Desperately Looking For One

    This is something I’ve been trying to put into words repeatedly over the past month or so.

    At the beginning of December, I broke things things off with a guy I’d been seeing for a couple months, who I knew wanted more. I realized I was really happy being single, and while I enjoyed hanging out with him, it wasn’t enough for me to give up that singlehood. I wasn’t willing to move over and make time for someone else in my life to that capacity. I met up with an old friend at a bar and told her that while I enjoy meeting new people and seeing what happens, I was genuinely happy with my single status. I’d never really said that out loud before.

    The next day, I got a message on Tinder from a guy who had already messaged me a week prior, and I hadn’t responded. I messaged him back for the hell of it. We started chatting, and as the conversation got past surface-level, we both admitted that we were happy being single. We met up a few days later, and all that flew out the window. Now we’re in a relationship. I didn’t feel like I had to move over and let him into my life; he just fit there.

    I felt like a shithead for ending things with another guy because I was happy being single, but at the time, I was. You’re happy being single until you meet someone who makes you not want to be single anymore. You meet someone when you stop looking.

    I always thought people who said things like that were full of shit until it happened to me.

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