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A few things learned.

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This weekend, over the course of the days and various activities, I learned a few things:

1. There is a fine line between being polite or inquisitive, and being nosy. However, once that line is crossed, the divide suddenly becomes screamingly clear. There are certain questions you don't ask people in casual chatting conversation (particularly if you don't know them well), and when you start to get evasive answers and the person (in this case, me) makes an excuse to get away from you, take the hint.

2. At first, after a shocking, ripping change in life, things that are merely different are seen as bad or sub-quality. The way it was before change always seems better, right, and proper. In time, hopefully, we are able to differentiate between what is merely different and what really is lesser.

3. Goals are not the same as dreams. This is something I plan on blogging about later, but the understanding of the difference explains a lot to me all of a sudden.

4. The voice of a constant complainer, or person dwelling on the negative, quickly becomes the worst, most exhausting sound in the world.