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The clock is ticking
The past, the present, the future … isn’t time just relative? As humans, we place so much emphasis on protecting ourselves from failure and pain that we sometimes forget that it is okay to fall down the rabbit hole. It is okay to get lost for a minute. Instead we get stuck in the moment analyzing what went wrong in our past, worrying about how that affects our future and never fully living in the present.
Our efforts to protect ourselves from hurt can actually have the complete opposite effect. We hurt ourselves more by taking moments of happiness for granted. As much as I hate to give credit to the gym teacher or the pedophile in “Donnie Darko,” sometimes fear really is the source of all evil. It is sad how we allow ourselves to crumble over such stupidity.
“I’ll tell you what he said! He asked me to forcibly insert the lifeline exercise card into my anus!”
No commentsThe irony of marriage in the South
Why is there such an emphasis on marrying young in the Bible Belt?
I find it highly amusing that everyone in the South assumes that there is something wrong with a person if she chooses not to marry before the age of 30. Is marrying at 18 or 20 the better solution? Read more
Alternate careers?
As I sat in the OR waiting for my shift to end, I tried to picture what my life would look like in 10 years. Would I be a nurse coming home to a husband and kids? Would I be back in school pursuing another career … maybe a 4th or 5th? I was amazed to find that no images came to mind.
After several attempts to pull alternate realities from my mind, I decided that it would be easier if I started by eliminating careers that I will not have in the next 10 years.
Unless a miracle happens, I will never be …
1. a midget wrestler
2. a greyhound racing dog
3. a teenage prostitute
4. a male porn star
5. the Queen of England
6. the president of the NAACP
7. an Indian chief
8. a monk
9. a ninja
10. the Toxic Avenger
As disappointing as all of that may sound, I did conclude that I do not hate my job. That’s right! For the first time in my life, the grass is greener on my side. Maybe a nurse will be the right career for me afterall …
To be continued in 10 years …
4 commentsLife in the slow lane
The September nights have faded, but the speeding ticket that was handed to me on that horrible Monday still lingers. It is amazing how much of my life has been determined by a stupid piece of paper.
On the right path?
Until recently, “careful” and “cautious” were two words that never fit in my vocabulary. I was reckless, daring and quite frankly … stupid.
With my foot always on the pedal, I missed many turns in life and continued to take the fast route to the finish line. I did not know it at the time, but life is not about who finishes first or who gets there last, it is about all the experiences in between.
2 commentsCan you hear the sound?
It is the sound of settling …
Never settle for anything in life less than extraordinary. This has been my philosophy for as long as I have known. And, yes, I did rip it off of a cheesy movie.
I do not always follow my own philosophy and have been known to let a few chances at happiness slip through my hands. I even think that I am guilty of settling right now.
1 commentFight for what you want
Here is a piece I wrote a year or so back when I was on a normal sleeping schedule. I am slowly returning to this point again and found this an appropriate philosophy to adopt …
Don’t settle for anything less than extraordinary! We are all guilty of settling for comfort, and each of us relive what we could have done differently to make those moments in life more fulfilling.
2 commentsI was meant for more than ordinary …
Call it the magic of Lunesta or blame it on the strange puppy dream that made me very pleased to own cats instead of dogs. To be quite honest, I really do not care what caused this unusual revelation that seems to have washed me free of my pessimism … at least, for today.
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