What do you take seriously?

[Nuzzolese]

If it's not cool to take the board seriously, or anything anyone says on it, then what do you take seriously in your life? And I don't just mean to ask for what you are proud to take seriously. Are there some things you take very seriously about which you could probably do well to be more easy going?

my relationship
my family, loyalty to them first
my alone time
the neatness and organization of my stuff (that could ease up without anyone dying)
birth control
my boyfriend's family
how I look (could ease up, that's just vanity)
capoeira
health (to some extent) and risks
freedom
wearing my seat belt
being clean
not being a loser
thinking honestly and deeply about my values in life
my past mistakes (I could do to let those go a little)

[SobaViolence]

my brother and sister
poverty (mine and everyone else's)
finding peace within my heart
learning as much as possible

[Qdrop]

Nuzz, interesting that you didn't list your job or career?




many of yours fit me well:

my relationship
my family, loyalty to them first
my alone time
the neatness and organization of my stuff (
birth control
my girlfriend's family
how I look (could ease up, that's just vanity)
health (to some extent) and risks
freedom
not being a loser
thinking honestly and deeply about my values in life
my past mistakes

also:
career
my image to others (how i am percieved)
learning and understanding the world around me. being able to categorize, label, and control everything in my mind.
my house and yard.
NFL and the Titans (i really need to relax this....it's ridiculous).

[Nuzzolese]

It's arguable whether I take my job seriously. I take HAVING a job very seriously, and how I do at my job seriously, getting along and the evaluations of my boss, but the job itself I'm not sure how seriously I regard it. I think it's important and worthy of being taken seriously, but not as an extension of myself, not because it's MY job, just because it is a job, it should be done well.

[Qdrop]

It's arguable whether I take my job seriously. I take HAVING a job very seriously, and how I do at my job seriously, getting along and the evaluations of my boss, but the job itself I'm not sure how seriously I regard it. I think it's important and worthy of being taken seriously, but not as an extension of myself, not because it's MY job, just because it is a job, it should be done well.

what about your career?

you think your opinion on your job or future jobs may effect you ultimate success (as far as stature, responsibility and $$)?

[jabumbo]

i am not a serious person

[hpdrifter]

If we're being honest, I'd have to say I take the way I look way too seriously. I never go out without makeup and I have this obssessive need to always have new clothes. And I worry about my figure and my weight all the time.

Probably that and money. I have been somewhat irresponsible with it lately and I'm trying to figure out how to fix it.

I take guilt too seriously. I let myself feel guilty about everything, what I should be doing with my time, who I should be hanging out with. Its pretty ridiculous really.

I should take my job/career more seriously.

[roosta]

dipset

[miss soul fire]

Only the message board, of course. And nothing more. Maybe you guys too, who knows.:)

[bigblu89]

My Family, their future, and the New York Giants.

Seriously, that's about it.

[fucktopgirl]

I dont really take nothing to seriously,try no too.I am aiming for the middle ground in all thta i accomplish/live/experience.Because when you fail an attempt or are drowning in the mud,miss you shot ;it is more hard on you,your feelings/emotions if you take yoourself and your environnement too seriously.Gotta keep the vibe flowing,not obstruct it with concerns and anticipations....

But seriously i value deeply*my family*,relationship,my constant learning and nourrishement of my brain cells,my nails toes and my chlamedia!

I take really seriously the idea of evolution,it is a must ,if not, you are stuck in a stagnant pound with frogs and flys!

I take seriiuosly the concept of love although it seem to be a intricat mirage of desire mix with collective projections.

And dont take too seriuosly my post! :D

[TurdBerglar]

nothing

[Nuzzolese]

Oh, how could I forget money and my debt! I guess because I should take it more seriously. It always manages to come out balanced in the end.

[DIGI]

cottage cheese.

[Nuzzolese]

what about your career?

you think your opinion on your job or future jobs may effect you ultimate success (as far as stature, responsibility and $$)?

I worry about how unhappy I may be in life, since I don't take stature and careers very seriously. I don't have a career really. I have a job. I like it enough. I like my boss a lot. It's a predictable and manageable job, though boring. I don't see how my opinion of jobs could not affect my future money/stauture/jobs. But it's just not important to me except that I think it should be important to me because it may prove more important later. I don't feel a super strong loyalty to this job or department or the university, but I like it here.

There is a job here in this department that I want though, I mean I would like it eventually, but it just seems so far out of my reach. I would need so much more experience in higher level positions. And the woman who has the job now, I hate her. I'd have a better chance of getting in that area if I was her assistant, and I could have applied to be her assistant, the position was open...but I couldn't stand the idea of working for her.

[Nuzzolese]

Taking things seriously isn't necessarily troubling yourself over them, or worrying. It's just, keeping them in high priority.

[burbboi]

Family
Hockey
Relationships*









* - where applicable

[The Notorious LOL]

I swear to god I was going to type "dipset" but roosta already did. god dammit.

[ms.peachy]

I'm not sure I fully understand the question. I mean, there are lots of things I take quite seriously and that are important to me, but I can still at times be quite joke-y about them.

For example, I take my work quite seriously, as I feel that the main project I'm involved with is very important in the immediate sense to the kids in volved, but also in the larger context of providing opportunities to a segment of the population that has become diengaged with traditional education, and with pioneering ways of using new media and technology to help create said opportunities as a national model for alternative education. It's big stuff, and I'm dead pleased to be able to be part of it. But, that doesn't mean I don't have a sense of humour about my little hoodie-wearing ASBO monsters.

[Nuzzolese]

...have trouble having a sense of humor about

[marsdaddy]

Family
Health

[Bob]

i've never really thought about it, and now that i'm thinking about it, i can't think of anything that i take terribly seriously. i guess i want to be liked, i try to remain as uncontroversial as possible...yet at the same time i hate about 90% of the people i meet because i find them annoying, i can't get over little flaws that they have (runny noses or persistent coughs, mostly, i'm totally serious). so given the contradiction there, i can't really help but laugh about it, meaning i'm not taking it that seriously, since i'm not sure which thing i value more. or something.

i think i need a hobby

[marsdaddy]

^ Reminds me not to take Bob seriously -- or at his word.

[DandyFop]

I'm worried because I can't really find an answer to this question, honestly.

[SobaViolence]

i also take the Truth seriously. i'm a truthocrat

[zippo]

well this is just wonderful because i think that for the most part, one of my problems is mixing up what i should and should not take seriously.

so, I take too seriously:

avoiding being guilty of something, anything
offering a sane and correct answer
relationships



I dont take seriously enough:

permitting time to pass on its own schedule more than mine
the effect something I do/say can have on someone else
relationships


theres more

[mickill]

Makin' babies

[DapperDiverge]

government issues... ie: law suits, tickets, subpoenas, convictions, etc...

then again isn't the whole system one big joke!! :p

[Space]

not to much.

[adam_f]

Tom Arnold.

[beastieangel01]

-I guess my bills, because I know I have to pay them for a clean credit record.

-making sure there is food in my stomach and a roof over my head.

-Getting through the rest of college. An associates degree isn't going to cut it for me. I want more.

-My relationship.

-being there for my friends and spending time with them.

Yeah. That's all I got right now.

[Bitchamachacha]

When I have to go to the bathroom, I take that very seriously.

Peeing your pants is sooooo first grade, and I don't want a bad rash developing around my pee pee palace.

[DipDipDive]

- Establishing open and honest communication with people
- Knowing the difference between right and wrong
- Not taking the people whom I care for and love and who care for and love me for granted
- The importance of finding common ground, be it in a personal conflict or on a more worldly scale
- My stupid little dreams
- My morals
- Sammiches

Addendum:
- Practicing patience, mostly because impatient people make me impatient and the thought of being like them makes me want to lay down in traffic

[CrankItUp!]

my welfare check being lost dammit ! :mad:

[monkey]

my loves
my relationships
my health and the health of others (and infecticious diseases)
global warming
my studies
my shoes
morals
good manners (CLOSE YOUR MOUTH WHEN YOU CHEW, PEOPLE!)
and smells. i cant deal with stinkyness.

[g-mile7]

The Future'

[ToucanSpam]

My family (especially my sister, she's the most important person on earth to me)
My friends
My best friend
School
Looking good when I go out
History
Star Wars (hahaha not in a sick sense, but man, I love it)
Hockey (Red Wings...I would kill a man over a hockey debate)


I sound pretty boring there...which is not true at all.

[cosmo105]

my relationship
my family
my closest friends
my health (obviously)
school
not losing my temper and hurting others' feelings
doing things to make myself proud - and only myself

[Bobtwi]

Family.Isnt that the most important one?Everything else is secondary.

[g-mile7]

Family.Isnt that the most important one?Everything else is secondary.


Some people come from fucked up ones though...so I could see why it would not be even on somes list.

[Anne Lauren]

Nuzz, interesting that you didn't list your job or career?




many of yours fit me well:

my relationship
my family, loyalty to them first
my alone time
the neatness and organization of my stuff (
birth control
my girlfriend's family
how I look (could ease up, that's just vanity)
health (to some extent) and risks
freedom
not being a loser
thinking honestly and deeply about my values in life
my past mistakes

also:
career
my image to others (how i am percieved)
learning and understanding the world around me. being able to categorize, label, and control everything in my mind.
my house and yard.
NFL and the Titans (i really need to relax this....it's ridiculous).

I bet you're super organized (mainly with only things that are important to you) and extremely interested in the details...so that everything will fall into place according to how you want the outcome to turn out. And you get extremely frustrated and can be rather aggressive towards people if they don't "do their part" in making whatever goal you're trying to reach happen...only because you can't accept it turning out any differently than what you had invisioned in your head. And you won't let it go, either...you obsess about it, until your somehow satisfied. And your way is the correct way...things are very black and white to you. But, you'd like to think that you're very "open-minded". You're very good at multi-tasking only because it's important to you to make sure everything's "in order". Very class A personality, with a touch of "obsessive compulsive" tendencies...however, extremely socialable and intelligent (and you probably think you are more intelligent than everyone else around you.)

Sorry, not trying to be the annoying psychoanalyst that's telling you "who you are" and "what you think"...cause I don't.

I was just scanning through you're list there...and it reminded me so much of my mother, it's uncanny. So, I thought I'd give it a shot...the whole psych shit coming out in me, I guess. And, most of what I wrote comes across as being negative and I didn't mean for it to be...it's just those were the characteristics that reminded me of my mom. And, hey, I could be so wrong and completely off...

[Anne Lauren]

OK, and as for me...

-Maintaining a close relationship with my friends (only certain ones...the others are just merely social aquaintences that I use for superficial reasons)

-Having a reputable reputation and maintaining the appearence that "I have it all together"

-Making my mom proud

-Just being "successful", in general (I wanna be "the best" at everything that I put effort into. And I'm extremely competative...if I want it badly enough, I'll find a way to get it...and I'm an extremely patient person that doesn't give up very easily. However, I'm not really for the most part, aggressive or threatening about it...that's sometimes the worst way to be.)

-Making sure that my younger sister and brothers are happy with their lives.

-Maintaining my body (I like to have my hair and nails done and have at least a "healthy glow", not necessarily a tan. And keep my body, for the most part looking good).

-And I hate to admitt it...but, I'm all about the clothes and shoes, too. I mean, I am a girl, after all.

-Being "open-minded" and not judging people...because it happens to me all the time.

-Experiencing "life", in general...anything and everything about it. We'll all be dead in 100 years...so, why not?

[tracky]

I take nothing seriously, which is a problem at times

Oh there is one thing I take serioulsy, come to think of it, and that's relationships. Way too seriously. Scarey seriously. Another problem. I need to lighten up a bit and just have some fun rather than thinking about having kids, settling down etc. Which is what I really really want. I want a family, dammit. I don't care if it's gonna cause my a shitload of headaches later on. I want some kids and I don't even have ovaries :confused:

[Anne Lauren]

I take nothing seriously, which is a problem at times

Oh there is one thing I take serioulsy, come to think of it, and that's relationships. Way too seriously. Scarey seriously. Another problem. I need to lighten up a bit and just have some fun rather than thinking about having kids, settling down etc. Which is what I really really want. I want a family, dammit. I don't care if it's gonna cause my a shitload of headaches later on. I want some kids and I don't even have ovaries :confused:

How old are you? Just curious, if you're age might have anything to do with it...like you're afraid you might run out of time and it will be too late, or something like that.

[tracky]

27 FFS :mad: and i've never been in any serious relationship. I get too serious too quick and scare them off or something

[Anne Lauren]

27 FFS :mad:

FFS?

Huh, that's interesting...I thought you were maybe at least in your 30's. That's cool though...I'm sure a lot of guys feel that way (for various reasons) and they just don't let it be known.

[Anne Lauren]

27 FFS :mad: and i've never been in any serious relationship. I get too serious too quick and scare them off or something

Well, then don't get so serious right off the bat next time...play the field, enjoy the fact that you have a ton of options, now.

[tracky]

I'm trying, believe me. But when I think of girls, I don't think, yeah she'd be a good shag. I think, yeah she'd make a good wife. Marry me, someone.

[DandyFop]

tracky if ya didn't live in a diff country.... (y)

[tracky]

You book the flight, i'll book the church ;)

[Anne Lauren]

I'm trying, believe me. But when I think of girls, I don't think, yeah she'd be a good shag. I think, yeah she'd make a good wife. Marry me, someone.

Well, I've been married and divorced...it ain't all it's cracked up to be if it's not with the "right person" (whatever the hell that means...and if someone knows, please inform me)

Anyway, I think you're picturing some vision in your head that's not very realistic...marriage is work and committment, in the whole sense of the word. It's not necessarily fun or fullfilling...you need to find that on your own, first, and not rely on the whole "white picket fence" fantasy to do it for ya.

Sorry...not trying to seem abrasive. :)

[tracky]

No I know what you're saying. But I don't really think there is such as thing as the right person. I think there is compromise and understanding, working things out, cause at the end of it all, we're just humans. But what would I know, I might as well be 15 when it comes to relationships.

[Tzar]

worrying about whether not someone has quoted me, or whether my thread has got posts in it. (!)

[Anne Lauren]

No I know what you're saying. But I don't really think there is such as thing as the right person. I think there is compromise and understanding, working things out, cause at the end of it all, we're just humans. But what would I know, I might as well be 15 when it comes to relationships.

Well, here's the way it is with someone that is not the "right person"...you don't really want to bother comprising because you couldn't care less if they're mad at you or not...you just don't wanna hear them bitch for your own selfish reasons. And, you don't try to understand their views or takes on matters...because you simply just don't care, one way or another. You just wish they would go away. So, finally when it gets to the point where you either have to try to work it out or not...you say fuck it! I just want out.

That sounded a little bitter, didn't it? Hahaha! Nah, actually, that's the truth, in a nutshell...seriously. (y)

[BangkokB]

Music, a Dr.'s diagnosis, and the weather report.

Not what the weather man says but the band Weather Report. But that's almost redundant