Archive for the 'Personal Progress' Category
A Trip To The Coffee Shop
October 30th, 2008This morning I woke up with the worst craving for a mocha. Unfortunately between getting my daughter to school, and myself back home to work I didn’t have time to stop and get one in the morning. By the time 11:00 rolled around, I was starving and still craving that wonderful caffeine and chocolate mixture [...]
Continuing the Quest to Quit Smoking
August 20th, 2008It has been nearly 2 months since I challenged myself to quit smoking. While I can’t say that I’m 100% smoke free that this point, I can say that I have made quite a bit of progress and still remain committed to quitting. The truth is, it has been a little bit harder than I [...]
Exercise to Boost Your Confidence
August 13th, 2008Whether or not you experience social anxiety in any of its many forms, everyone can use a confidence boost no matter how large or small. One avenue from which I have been finding a pretty big boost is exercise. What I really found amazing was how little exercise I actually had to do to notice [...]
What it Means to be Self-Sufficient
August 12th, 2008Just three years ago, when I was experiencing the hardships of divorce, I found myself scouring the Internet looking for a secret to save my marriage. Everywhere I went I read that you have to be "Self-Sufficient" and completely un-needy. At the time this seemed like a ridiculous impossibility. After all, wasn’t the point of [...]
My Personal Gains
July 26th, 2008I know I have been quiet over the past few months about my own personal growth. That has been in part due to the fact that I’ve been so busy trying to write new material for you guys, and also because I have been very busy. So here’s what I’ve been up to.
Most importantly I [...]
Day 1 on the Quest to Quit Smoking
July 3rd, 2008Today is the day that I quit smoking. I know there are at least a few others joining me on this adventure so I figured I would share my experiences, and maybe some of you may want to share yours as well.
I smoked my last cigarette last night, and put on a patch before [...]
What Other Social Anxiety Sites do You Visit?
June 14th, 2008Over the past few months, I have been searching for more social anxiety blogs, and I have only found a few that actively post content. I know that others must exist. What sites do you visit, and which have helped you the most?
The Therapeutic Qualities of Social Networks
June 11th, 2008Since it was released, I have been hearing quite a bit about this new social network called “Plurk.” Initially I put off joining as I didn’t want to have to interact with people to build another network of friends. Finally yesterday I decided to join and see what all of the hype was about. Initially [...]
May’s Progress
June 10th, 2008Here’s a quick overview of the progress I made during May. The weather is finally getting warmer here in the north-east US, so I have been starting to get more exercise. I spent quite a bit of time researching and learning. I continued my research into NLP techniques, and started to look at the world [...]
Learning to be more Social : My Goal
May 15th, 2008Right now I am at what will most likely be the longest part of my process of becoming more socially experienced. I am learning to communicate with people who’s interests are different from mine. For me this has always been a huge sticking point because, while I find the topics that most other [...]
