Write to get happy

I write to get happy. This is about me. We spend all our time packaging and refining to sell. An idea. Action. Decision. Status quo… I’m tired of selling someone else’s product! I just want to get happy! What do you do to get happy? My thoughts dance out of my mind as the never ending troupe of words, sentences and paragraphs groove to the sweet melody of my fingers hitting the small spring-loaded keys.

I write to own my weird.

I once reviewed an evaluation sheet in which someone took an average of an average. For those mathematically savvy, average of an average is a non-number with no value-add. You may as well call it imaginary.

To the average, you cannot add, subtract, divide, multiply or expand it exponentially.

When we say someone is average, do we mean the same thing? The person is just the sum of everyone’s characteristics divided by the population…? With no distinguishing characteristic of his own? Nothing can be done to make the person better or worse?
How tragic? How insulting! Have you ever been called average?
Average is the norm. Average is rather dull. I’m not a fan.

It used to offend me.
Now, I’m ecstatic to be called weird.
Getting older has its benefits.

Buy nothing for the year

It’s raining outside. I welcome the chance to walk with an umbrella. A light drizzle that changes its intensity throughout the morning.

I get a lot done today. The holding cost is too high… duplicate purchases of things I don’t need. Couldn’t find it or forgot about it. About a hundred little bottles of skin products I won’t use. Little knickknacks of clutter. I spent all day throwing stuff away. I need to sell a bunch of good stuff (clothes, electronics, and Wii?).

This year, I won’t be buying anything except vegetables and delicious food.

Do the work

I came across: “Top 7 things most successful people do every morning”

And I resisted from hovering my mouse over the article.

Successful people don’t have time to read click-bait. They’re busy creating. Doing. They forego small pleasures to get to the things that matter. All good things take time. Quality endures.

They do the work. There are no shortcuts.

They say no. They keep their promises. They don’t over-commit to the outside world. They have clear boundaries. They don’t cheat themselves. They stopped doing the things they outgrew.

They take care of their mind, body, heart and soul. They’re kind to themselves. They don’t just do seven things. They do so much more. They do so without thinking. They’ve engineered out decision making into everyday habits.