At the end of each year, I reflect on what I've learned. It helps me to not make the same mistakes twice. Its better than making new year's resolutions that you know you ain't gone' keep! So allow me to share with you my Top 10 of lessons I've learned in 2005.
**Its not possible to be disappointed or let down if you just "let it ride."
**Do not plan anything. Plans are like promises, and meant to be broken.
**Take it day by day, for what its worth....and nothing more.
**Don't have expectations of anyone. We all put our pants on the same way.
**Nothing's ever promised tomorrow today.
**Some choices may hurt, but its the only way.
**Its okay to be self confident with high standards. Its not okay to settle.
**Its right to spoil yourself; its wrong to be selfish with others.
**Give a hug at least once a day. Experience that moment of peace.
**Spend time with loved ones. You never know when someone is missing you.
HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!
December 29, 2005
December 22, 2005
December 17, 2005
"Um, can you...?"
Don't you hate when questions start off with "Um, can you...?"
OK, so I'm minding my own business. On the other side of the room this is the conversation I hear:
June says "Oh, I'll buy you lunch today."
Jean says "No, that's okay. I brought lunch today."
Mary says "No, I'm fine. Thanks anyway."
June says "No, I INSIST. Lunch is on me today. Whatever you want."
Then I see June waddling over to my desk and plops down in the chair. "Um, can you go pick up lunch? I'm buying Mary and Jean whatever they want."
Can you believe that? You want me to go spend my gas, use mileage on my leased car, to go pick up lunch for somebody else?! And you don't even offer to buy lunch for ME?! Now I wouldn't mind if I was getting fed too. But wait---it gets worse. Without skipping a beat, June says "Um, can you pay for it and I reimburse you in a couple days?"
Yes, you read that right. How the f*ck you gonna offer to buy somebody lunch and you broke? How can you fix your mouth to ask somebody ELSE to pay for it AFTER you insisted on treating?
Lesson is: Don't offer what you don't have!
OK, so I'm minding my own business. On the other side of the room this is the conversation I hear:
June says "Oh, I'll buy you lunch today."
Jean says "No, that's okay. I brought lunch today."
Mary says "No, I'm fine. Thanks anyway."
June says "No, I INSIST. Lunch is on me today. Whatever you want."
Then I see June waddling over to my desk and plops down in the chair. "Um, can you go pick up lunch? I'm buying Mary and Jean whatever they want."
Can you believe that? You want me to go spend my gas, use mileage on my leased car, to go pick up lunch for somebody else?! And you don't even offer to buy lunch for ME?! Now I wouldn't mind if I was getting fed too. But wait---it gets worse. Without skipping a beat, June says "Um, can you pay for it and I reimburse you in a couple days?"
Yes, you read that right. How the f*ck you gonna offer to buy somebody lunch and you broke? How can you fix your mouth to ask somebody ELSE to pay for it AFTER you insisted on treating?
Lesson is: Don't offer what you don't have!
December 07, 2005
"My Humps"
Everyday its the same ole routine. I hear the loud annoying sound of the alarm clock, reluctantly get off the comfy mattress that has my permanent body imprint in the middle. My soft bare feet hit the cold hardwood floor. I stretch, yawn, then change my mind about getting up. My manicured hand hits the snooze button for the third time this morning. I dive back into the warm flannel sheets. I lay my head on the pillow and doze for another 9 minutes. There goes that annoying alarm clock buzz again.
Then I rise and get ready for an 8 hour shift at a job that I am not satisfied with. Go to work, put on a fake smile, laugh and gossip with the gang, all the while wishing I was somewhere else. Finally the clock reaches 5:00pm. YES---I am free to leave this joint. All to go home, and get ready to repeat the same routine.
Today I realized something precious. It hit me like a ton of bricks.
I've come across a hump in my life. Its time to change my daily routine. I'm too young to feel so tired all the time. I'm too young to drag day by day. I'm too young to count the hours in a day. I'm too young to deal with this monotonous shit.
From this day forth, I'm gonna dedicate the time to make changes to my life that will better ME. Changes that will make me a happier chick. I dare YOU to do the same!
Then I rise and get ready for an 8 hour shift at a job that I am not satisfied with. Go to work, put on a fake smile, laugh and gossip with the gang, all the while wishing I was somewhere else. Finally the clock reaches 5:00pm. YES---I am free to leave this joint. All to go home, and get ready to repeat the same routine.
Today I realized something precious. It hit me like a ton of bricks.
I've come across a hump in my life. Its time to change my daily routine. I'm too young to feel so tired all the time. I'm too young to drag day by day. I'm too young to count the hours in a day. I'm too young to deal with this monotonous shit.
From this day forth, I'm gonna dedicate the time to make changes to my life that will better ME. Changes that will make me a happier chick. I dare YOU to do the same!
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