MzMia
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How much of your total life is spent in WIITWD, and BDSM related activities? **This is the longest post, I ever wrote, but it is easy to understand, I promise!** Make your life a pie graph. How much of your total TIME, energy and life is spent involved in WIITWD? How much time and energy can you give right now, and in the near future 2008/2009? I will be honest, I have to admit that I have spent more time than I feel I should have in the past several years, in pursuing a Dominant/submissive long term relationship. I am not involved in my local BDSM community, but on the same token I rarely go to vanilla clubs, etc. I cherish my free time, and spend a lot with family or just doing my thing. I have been to a few "public" activities, and I will pop in for a few select more, when I have the time, energy, and inclination, but that is not what this post is about. This post is about the amount of time and energy you are willing to put in, sacrifice and give to WIITWD, out of all the total time that all of us have to live. I have a college degree, and professionally at this stage of my life and career, I will be able to do everything I need and want to do, by taking continuting education course, college courses, etc. But for those of you that are not professionally happy or where you want or should be, does being in this lifestyle interfere with your professional dreams or ambitions? I am using a PIE graph. The PIE graph is all the time and energy that YOU have in your life for everything you want and need to do. Including for most of us {work, friends, family, spare time, leisure time, school or professional pursuits and obligations, sleep, exercise, health, work, and spiritual pursuits or involvement, romantic relationships and BDSM or WIITWD activities}. The total of all these activities must add up to 100. There really are 24 hours in a day, 7 days a week, etc. For me WIITWD and BDSM activity is going to start taking up a MUCH smaller place in the pie graph of my life...for a while. I would say given my life Pie graph, the time and energy I am willing to give WIITWD is going to be reduced to about 5-9%, because I am single and I must pursue other pursuits. Of course, that does not mean that I can’t log onto CollarMe and peek and post, while I am researching, working, pursuing etc! But seriously, as a single person, for the last 4-6 months, I have been a lot more selfish with my free time, and I don’t engage or have time for time wasters, etc. As a single person, it IS easier to reduce that BDSM pie graph, and I am MORE than willing to INCREASE MY life’s Pie graph to as much as 25% with the RIGHT person, and when I become involved in a serious, long term lifestyle relationship. I have come to the realization that pursuing a BDSM relationship/or ANY romantic relationship is not a priority for me at this stage of my life. I “discovered” this lifestyle about 5 years ago, and realistically if I were 15 years younger, I would have the time and energy to be more involved in WIITWD AND pursue other desires, avocations, etc. BUT, time is not finite and I realize that if I am going to make what essentially has been one of my biggest life’s dreams {since I was about 19}, that I must spend A LOT of my “free” and “spare” time, on my business ventures. I also have the luxury of being in a profession, that does give me the summer off {about 8 weeks}, BUT I have a lot of responsibilities, and professional obligations during the school year. I am sharing this, not to start a My Kink is better than your kink thread, or to piss on or upset the “Most Dominant people around, and the MOST submissive people around”. I have decided that many here wear that crown, and they have a right to it! I will never wear that crown and I don’t seek it!! There is so much more to me and my life, and when I review my life in 20 years, being the Queen of Kink is not going to be the title or goal that I regret not accomplishing! It is easier for MY Life Pie Chart to be very small at this time, because I am single and I will lovingly INCREASE my BDSM/WIITWD graph when I find a partner that INSPIRES me to make that time for him. When that time comes, I will give more time and energy to WIITWD and my pie chart will increase to about 30% if I am lucky! I will not be able to spend 50% of my life involved in kind until I retire, unfortunately! Now, I am enjoying being selfish with my time and energy and pursing my hearts desires. I realize that I used to spend a lot of time here, to escape some internal issues that I really did not want to deal with {until recently}, also to learn and discover, and enjoy. I joined CollarMe in the summer of 2004, and I will freely admit I created several different screen names for a variety of reasons. I will always be thankful for the founders of CollarME, because I “discovered” this site during one of darkest periods in my personal life. I also want to state that I have learned a lot from many of you, even a few of you that I might have clashed with. All of us are doing different things in our lives, and I had to admit to myself that I was spending a lot of time reading and posting here to escape and avoid other areas of my real life. I am not one of those people that create long and dramatic posts to proclaim the fact that they are leaving CollarMe. I don’t plan to ever leave this place, if I don’t post for a long time, I am probably dead. If it is possible to log on and post in heaven, I am sure that I will. CollarMe and the majority of you people, rock! I am really curious, for those that care to share, young and older, how much does WIITWD/and BDSM related activity, take out of the Pie Chart of your life? Are YOU able to be and do all you were born to do and spend great amounts of time engaged in BDSM activity? Please share, love, peace, joy and happiness to everyone! May ALL Your BDSM and non BDSM dreams come true!!!!!
< Message edited by MzMia -- 4/12/2008 12:32:38 PM >
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