For those of you who do not know...let me tell you now: I once was enrolled in IMA. Yeah, yeah, I know. You're thinking, "What? When? How?" Well, I wasn't always the connoisseur I am now. I first started all frazzled and scattered, but I'm much better now...thanks to IMA and their 31.5 step program. I do the controlling now, instead of allowing it to control me. IMA changed my life...for the best. I owe what I am now, who I am now, to IMA. That's why I, myself, have become a sponsor. I want to help others through what I went through. I just hope I can be as supportive and inspiring to others as Edgeoftheledge has been to me. I used to let myself get stressed. I would get caught up in the heat of the moment...too much going on at one time...and I would just go crazy. Edgeoftheledge helped me manage my stress, manage my temper...multitask. He let me know it was okay to let things go sometimes. I didn't always have to be there. "Just do what you can, Mollie," he would tell me. And you know...he was right. IM does not have to be a difficult thing. It doesn't have to control my life. Just because I'm online doesn't necessarily mean I'm sitting in front of my computer. If someone IMs me and I don't respond, I'm probably not there. I will respond when I can. People who get frustrated at people like me need to just build a bridge and get over it. IM does not need to be drama. It can be fun, and playful, and....fun! Edgeoftheledge has helped me find the playfulness in IM that I originally enjoyed when I was just an IM novice. If you find yourself drowning in windows and imrcv sounds, you should look into IMA...it just might save you too.
Posted by Mollie Gamo at September 8, 2004 04:28 PM | TrackBack