Informal Poll

[jeffreyab]

How long does it take you to get over the end of a relationship?

Bonus: Suggest ways to expedite the process other than getting back on the relationship horse, since there aren't any horses in the paddock right now.

Burying myself in work is just stressing me out.

Comments

[marahsk.livejournal.com]

What about "Leave Sarnia and move to where your friends are?"

Sometimes the problem really is that the town is too small to offer enough people for you to find what you're looking for. If most of your friends live somewhere else, that might be a hint. BTDT, live in Toronto now. :) If moving isn't practical, then make the effort to be with the people who care about you. Or maybe I'm projecting. :)

[jeffreyab.livejournal.com]

Careerwise I am pretty much stuck here in Sarnia.

Reference librarians do not move around unless their spouse gets transferred or they quit to have kids or they retire.

Sarnia's small mindedness is part of it. It has been a very specialized chemical industry town of high wages that has only lately realized it has to change.

[marahsk.livejournal.com]

Reference librarians do not move around unless their spouse gets transferred or they quit to have kids or they retire.

So you're saying there wouldn't be openings in a new place? I'm sorry to hear that.

Sarnia's small mindedness is part of it. It has been a very specialized chemical industry town of high wages that has only lately realized it has to change.

That puts it ahead of Buffalo, which insists that it's a great city in which to live and work, even though that hasn't been true since the 1970's. Of course, their mindset is 30 years behind the times, so by that standard their glory days aren't that far behind them. :)

But I had trouble with the small-minded, provinical mind-set too. Now I just go back for the occasional pizza or hot dog.