Slipping into negative thinking.

I've been cycling lately between confidence and an enjoyable "okayness" with life and crying spells and negativity. I was doing well today until I found out that my grade of 91.5% on a recent essay assignment was significantly lower than the classmates who I spoke with today. I had been a little surprised when I …

What am I doing here, anyway?

Sometimes I wonder not only what my own purpose on earth is, but more existentially, what the purpose of anything is. What are any of us, and what is anything doing here, anyway??? Other people seem to more easily understand their place in the world. That's nice for them. I work, sometimes I laugh, I have …