A trip down memory lane. It's not easy to read old journals. But they are a good way to reflect on our previous self.
It sounds like you have grown quite a bit mentally and spiritually.
Nice ending. I think this is a very good way of viewing life
I have trained myself to see the humourous side of everything now.
It's been great coming back to my journals. What surprised me though were my Complaint Letters to companies. It appears that I have had a longstanding pet peeve for bad service and I'm incapable of keeping quiet about it. Reading back the letters makes me understand why I always got favourable responses... because if I had received any of those letters, I would have wanted the person out of my life as fast as possible. 🤣
Hello to you, I hope it's okay to just mingle in here.
That cracked me up immediately. I was the same back then and in younger years. Just today I was roaming through old photographs, postcards and letters to find pictures from Vegas to get a blog post ready.
I too sent complaining letters to companies in full force and entitlement. HaHa! It so much makes me smile reading that someone was the same and changed. It's really embarrasing to read what one wrote when younger. So full of zeal and conviction. I even wrote a complaint letter to a flight company where I had a job interview and was rejected. Which I couldn't just let go off and told them that they made a mistake- goodness gracious, young people can be such a nuisance.
I just want to mention that I also sent letters of praise to those whom I found being of great support towards me. There was a dentist who did magic with my teeth and I thanked him ten years later. Same with a guy who was a photographer, teaching me the basics of analog photography. I made past journeys to places where I once have been and met good people to meet them one more time.
I am now in my fifties, and you?
Greetings from Germany.
Haha! This made me laugh out loud too.
Haha! That is so funny 🤣... I think I would have to give you the crown there 😂
That's so very true... and I realised that there is still that part of me inside, but maybe just a slightly different approach.
I'm just 46 years old :)
Greetings from Jamaica 😁
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HaHa!
I so loved reading this from a stranger and it revived immediate memories. Here is another one:
I even controlled my ex-boss because he didn't want to pay me a Christmas bonus at first because I had resigned. I was of the firm opinion that I deserved it and he said such was only an incentive for the future and not a reward for the past (in fact, he was right and I was wrong, but I only found out later).
I kept bugging him and said I would sit in his office until he gave me the promise of payment. He finally relented and assured me of a little more than half the amount. I didn't trust him and a few days later I asked the office worker if she could give me the phone number of the accountant. My boss overheard this from the next room and asked who wanted to know. Furious, he came to me and confronted me. I just said cheekily that I had wanted to check it and that he shouldn't think I would forget! LOL
I was really cheeky as a young woman. That has gone a long way and I am much calmer now. Sometimes I miss having such chutzpah.
See me nodding. That is also true.
Have a good time in Jamaica. Never been there. But surely would love to go.
I did NOT know that! 😲
🤔 It makes sense though when you think of it.
It was 9 years since I last came back, and man, it feels so good to be back home:)
To me, both ways make sense. It's just the way it was legally decided, I guess. I am long past bonuses, for I worked as a freelancer in the almost last twenty years of my life.
Nine years is sure a long time. You must be so happy to see your family and get the air of this beautiful place. Here it's just bitter cold. I don't like winter time :(
Bye bye
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Sounds like you're keeping the big companies in check, which helps everyone out 👍
Yeah, it would appear so 🤣
I didn't remember that side of me 🤣🙃