tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974479864897892693.post4617642331951853022..comments2023-09-05T08:48:44.120-04:00Comments on Confessions of a Coal Miner's Granddaughter: Trying Not to Look BackCoal Miner's Granddaughterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14320077738770745217noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974479864897892693.post-20134480081460893362010-10-03T11:30:48.277-04:002010-10-03T11:30:48.277-04:00I'm in the Witness Protection Program. I have ...I'm in the Witness Protection Program. I have no past. This solution might not be for everyone.martyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12135444121060667286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974479864897892693.post-52299937977665750642010-10-03T10:29:39.708-04:002010-10-03T10:29:39.708-04:00Whenever I get into that flaying mode, I try to te...Whenever I get into that flaying mode, I try to tell myself to remember the better times, the times I did it right. But I suck at doing that.Patois42https://www.blogger.com/profile/07764936858778730692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974479864897892693.post-61158869830974257922010-10-02T08:53:35.204-04:002010-10-02T08:53:35.204-04:00Hmmm. I guess it's better than glazing over a...Hmmm. I guess it's better than glazing over and disappearing into a mistake that someone else made... guilty, your honor. :-(Faiqahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14195313677689473346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974479864897892693.post-40955649215111439582010-10-01T08:27:19.139-04:002010-10-01T08:27:19.139-04:00I absolutely and totally do that, too. I even do ...I absolutely and totally do that, too. I even do that about things that happened when I was a child. No one remembers those things except me. Some of the people that were present are even dead by now, but still I do that. Why? If you figure it out, can you clue me in?Shellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10341933256374692576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974479864897892693.post-35202305594242143922010-09-30T23:40:18.715-04:002010-09-30T23:40:18.715-04:00Weird... I just recently tried giving myself a sim...Weird... I just recently tried giving myself a similar pep talk about getting over stuff and forging ahead. Hugs.Irrational Dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04701066159275266042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974479864897892693.post-6690551652592551892010-09-30T21:33:05.870-04:002010-09-30T21:33:05.870-04:00Ugh - I find myself doing this, too. Is it a mom ...Ugh - I find myself doing this, too. Is it a mom thing? A woman thing? A type-A thing? Not sure. Just know that you're not alone.<br /><br />I also slowly torture myself with the witty things I COULD have said in sticky situations. Good times.Kim - Mommycosmhttp://www.mommycosm.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974479864897892693.post-7790970299740923402010-09-30T21:01:21.190-04:002010-09-30T21:01:21.190-04:00For the most part, I don't live in the past. B...For the most part, I don't live in the past. But when I make a big enough mistake, I actually CHOOSE to re-live it in my mind over and over again... suffering the horror of it over and over again is the only thing that makes me feel it won't happen again. Odd, I know.Dave2https://www.blogger.com/profile/15376066552003396828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974479864897892693.post-74941373701952527802010-09-30T13:52:23.497-04:002010-09-30T13:52:23.497-04:00wish i could give some sage advice, but i don'...wish i could give some sage advice, but i don't make plans for the future and i don't analyze the past, i'm too busy barreling through life like a bull in a china shop. all i can say is i think you are wonderful and amazing and kind and generous and smart so you are entitled to a mistake or two. or even more. perfection is overrated. and i like you just the way you are.hello haha narfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07172128004814968237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974479864897892693.post-29013460493346914702010-09-30T12:11:55.810-04:002010-09-30T12:11:55.810-04:00I was doing this last night!
I just tell myself, m...I was doing this last night!<br />I just tell myself, most of the time, that it gets me nowhere. Usually, that works.sybil lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13629349319977383547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974479864897892693.post-64844732582168810262010-09-30T10:24:00.938-04:002010-09-30T10:24:00.938-04:00You have the perfection disease. You need to find ...You have the perfection disease. You need to find some way to figure out what you learned from said mistake and reflect on how you've changed since then. When we know better, we do better.<br /><br />You are not perfect. But you are perfectly wonderful just as you are. xoMeganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15049341972075281915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974479864897892693.post-9746314359764262962010-09-30T09:46:46.105-04:002010-09-30T09:46:46.105-04:00You should practice not looking back by getting on...You should practice not looking back by getting on a tricycle with the kids and careening around the cul-de-sac.Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08040058320473775641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974479864897892693.post-58395243655912996652010-09-30T09:19:00.078-04:002010-09-30T09:19:00.078-04:00It's called self-flagellation. It's what ...It's called self-flagellation. It's what we do when we don't have anything current to feel guilty over..Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13024392628362568010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974479864897892693.post-29151507097125856042010-09-30T00:30:02.630-04:002010-09-30T00:30:02.630-04:00I do this too.I do this too.HEATHERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06324130429322268692noreply@blogger.com