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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
2&2 about yourself
How about 2 things you like about yourself and 2 things you wish you could change?
Re: 2&2 about yourself
This is harder!
Like:
1. I think I'm pretty good at my job. I'm creative and patient, and I think my students like me (most of the time!).
2. I have kick-butt eyesight.....20/13 and 20/11. I love that I can read things that few people can from far away. I sincerely hope mmy eyesight never fails me!
Dislike:
I. I am a terrible procrastinator, and am always up against deadlines. I wish I could be a better planner and prioritizer (is that a word?).
2. I get very moody sometimes, and can't even explain why. At the end of a school day I might be in a great mood, but by the time I get home I'm crabby, or vice-versa.
2.5. I have NO willpower! (as witnessed by the fact I just raided my "treat jar" in my classroom and had 3 lollipops after lunch).
1) I'm pretty easygoing. I try not to sweat the small stuff, and succeed most of the time.
2) I try my best to find the good in people, even those I don't particularly enjoy being around. Everyone has their good points and lord knows, I'm not perfect either.
1) I can be kind of a know-it-all, and I'm sure it's irritating to my loved ones. I'm glad they love me anyway.
2) I'm a little lazy and unmotivated. I hate working out, MH drags me more often than I go willingly. If it weren't for him I'd probably have gained 10lbs over vacation because I wouldn't have worked out one single day.
1) I think I am pretty kind and considerate to people, friendly; I think I try to see things from other people's perspectives and see what they would want or need in a particular situation.
2) MH tells me that I am funny and witty... I never considered myself as such, but now, when I feel like I am being witty, I notice it and enjoy myself being that way.
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1) I have battled pretty bad bouts of depression since I was 18. It has made me miss work for weeks and months at a time, and I'm not at peace / really mad that I haven't achieved the kind of career success I had expected of myself while growing up. To be fair, this is not just because of my illness; I've had at least 3 different career paths. But if I had pursued something really stressful like law, I don't think I would have been able to handle it. Knowing that I wouldn't have been able to handle a "prestigious" type job really pisses me off in light of how I felt about myself growing up:
It's sad that I actually feel that I was the most successful so far in life in high school - doing tons of extracurricular activities, yearbook editor, a top debater, all AP classes, graduating in the top 1% of my class - I thought the rest of my life was going to be that easy and successful.
Whew - sorry so serious..... I'm sort of going through a hard day today. I'll keep the next one lighter.
2) My love of junk food, especially that recently my comfort food has turned into McDonalds. gross, I don't even understand it.
Hm...I'll do one character and one physical each...
2 Things I Wish I Could Change:
1. I wish I could be less harsh with my words when I get into arguments/fights.
2. I wish my arms and legs were skinnier and my shoulders not so wide.
2 Things I Like:
1. I'm patient and I try to be understanding and nonjudgemental.
2. Hmmm, I guess I like my hair because it's easy to manage and I don't have to spend time on it.
1) I'm creative. This is good for all sorts of things - from making life interesting, silly and fun to finding creative solutions for big issues that others can't resolve.
2) I'm nice to everyone. I don't discriminate. Everyone I meet starts at 100 (although if they whittle it down, as people often do, they never get points back... which will bring me to my bad points).
1) I'm unforgiving. I can't grasp the concept of forgive and forget. I have a vivid memory, so it is just like the bad thing is still there. I wish I could get past it. I think it is just the way my brain is wired.
2) I have no domestic skills. My mom always hated the kitchen... and passed that along to me and my siblings. I can't get in there and make a meal without injury.
I usually burn myself. When I was a kid and we had the oven with the electric burner, I skimmed the burner with the kitchen towel. It caught on fire. What do they teach kids? Stop, drop and roll... so, I looked to the ground for the solution. My parents kitchen was carpeted. I ended up beating the towel on the carpet. hahaha! I've also cut myself, grated myself in the cheese grater, stuck molten hot fudge on my skin to blister it.... and somehow when I enter the kitchen, grace is gone. I have no prep order, so nothing is ever ready at the same time. Something always comes out wrong (tastes good, looks bad or vice versa). I'm great at baking, but I don't think I've ever made a good full meal. I'm also terrible with chores. I was born for hired help!
Newlyweds since 2007
Hmm...
1. I'm a very quick learner. I seldom have to be shown how to do something more than once.
2. I can find the humor in practically any situation.
and
1. This is shallow, but I wish I was one of those people with a naturally high metabolism. My sister is - she could literally eat cheeseburgers for every meal of the day and not gain an ounce (and no, she doesn't have an eating disorder). I, on the other hand, merely have to look at a cheeseburger and I can feel my pants getting tighter.
2. This is even more shallow, but I wish I had pretty, thick hair. It's fine, thin and curly, which is a trifecta that NO ONE knows what to do with. Curly hair products are designed for thick, coarse hair, and the ones for fine, thin hair don't usually work very well on curls. *sigh*
Like:
1. I'm intelligent.
2. I'm very easy going and accepting of others - not judgemental.
Dislike:
1. I cannot keep on a path of good diet and exercise habits on my own without having a 'reason' to do it.
2. I'm moody.