4 ms·

I read about halfway through this. It's clear that I and most people I know have an easier path through life than you do. One thing I can suggest is to ask yo

I read about halfway through this. It's clear that I and most people I know have an easier path through life than you do. One thing I can suggest is to ask yourself what other people would do in a given situation - and then simply doing that. Good luck with everything.

MichaelCrawford 11y ago
I often do just that. For example Richard Stallman and I both purchase meals for panhandlers. Many of our professional colleagues gripe about Richard for many reasons. They gripe about me too. It can get really old but I don't let it get me down.
MichaelCrawford 11y ago
Most of those who know me really well agree that were I not Schizoaffective I would be a tenured professor by now. We will never know but maybe I would be well on the way to that Physics Nobel I always coveted. "Coveted" is the just the right word. I would still be down with that but these days the Nobel I covet is Literature. But Life is what happens when you're making other plans.
MichaelCrawford 11y ago
While I readily agree this doesn't make a whole lot of sense, no one believes me when I tell them I don't have a hard life. I did at one time when I owned a home, paid my ex-wife's way through art school, spent more time extract my paychecks from clients for good work I delivered than actually performing that work and delivering one of two eulogies when my father passed away. But for the last five years or so I have felt that most others lead a far, far harder life than I do. A good friend of mine from high school died of Leukemia last year. He was only forty-nine. One of the closest friends I have ever known also passed away but I don't know when and I don't know why. I am reluctant to find out. I once heard through the grapevine that a certain woman was in love with me but then she abruptly disappeared. I had no clue; just a couple years ago I found out that she died. Again I do not know just when or why; maybe it's better that I don't find out. While I long for the love she and I could have known, at least I am alive, and other than my sparky brain I am in generally good health.

MichaelCrawford 11y ago

I often do just that. For example Richard Stallman and I both purchase meals for panhandlers. Many of our professional colleagues gripe about Richard for many reasons. They gripe about me too. It can get really old but I don't let it get me down.

MichaelCrawford 11y ago

Most of those who know me really well agree that were I not Schizoaffective I would be a tenured professor by now. We will never know but maybe I would be well on the way to that Physics Nobel I always coveted. "Coveted" is the just the right word. I would still be down with that but these days the Nobel I covet is Literature. But Life is what happens when you're making other plans.

MichaelCrawford 11y ago

While I readily agree this doesn't make a whole lot of sense, no one believes me when I tell them I don't have a hard life. I did at one time when I owned a home, paid my ex-wife's way through art school, spent more time extract my paychecks from clients for good work I delivered than actually performing that work and delivering one of two eulogies when my father passed away. But for the last five years or so I have felt that most others lead a far, far harder life than I do. A good friend of mine from high school died of Leukemia last year. He was only forty-nine. One of the closest friends I have ever known also passed away but I don't know when and I don't know why. I am reluctant to find out. I once heard through the grapevine that a certain woman was in love with me but then she abruptly disappeared. I had no clue; just a couple years ago I found out that she died. Again I do not know just when or why; maybe it's better that I don't find out. While I long for the love she and I could have known, at least I am alive, and other than my sparky brain I am in generally good health.