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Panic Post - Plus!: A Tirade **********************
Okay, so...I have all these old posts laying around for emergencies.
Today I got busy a) finally feeling better and actually going outside and taking a walk with Michael, and b) trying to implement this *Brilliant New Organizational System!*...that maybe will someday save me time and angst, but right now is costing me a lot of both of those commodities. (See #2 below about always trying something new. Sometimes a good thing....but I never really know until waaay later when that 20/20 vision comes over me...in hindsight.
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Anyhow, I wrote this a long time ago when I was really fed up with social media. Every time I've looked at it since I've thought: I need to edit out about 80% of this. There's sort of a point, but mainly: It's a big dose of Crankypants...in a post about people not being Crankypants(es?).
I know I know: Pot meet Kettle.
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But tonight it suddenly looked better to me, mainly because a) it looked pretty 'done'. Some images already in place and everything!...
And b) it's10:47 p.m. 11:11 p.m. 11:18 p.m. 11:27 p.m. (still took more to get it together than I expected) in Texas and I haven't posted anything.
And I did say DAILY.
And b) it's
And I did say DAILY.
So, uh...: happy reading!?!???
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P.S. Why the hellllll did I say daily?!
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P.S. Why the hellllll did I say daily?!
You're probably wondering if reading this blog is worth your time. My answer is a resounding:
Duh! Of course not!
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But, just in case you'd like to have the reasons not to read this spelled out, therefore causing you to read more...; (your choice):
Here are just the first few that come to mind:
1-It is my evil plan to distract you from what you're supposed to be doing at any given moment.
Call it a mission, a quest, a dastardly scheme...? Whatever you think of it as, here's the truth: I see it as my sworn duty to waste your time.
I don't feel I've done my job unless you wonder later: Why in the world did I read all that?
So, if you like to be non-stop productive. This is probably not the place for you.
2-You have a fixed mindset.
The idea of a 'Growth' versus a 'Fixed' approach to life comes from Carol Dwecks (great) book: Mindset. I've recently realized this is a big dividing line between people.
It's like there's this divide the size of the Grand Canyon between the two approaches to life.
I've spent a helluva a lot of my first half-century on the planet trying to share my thoughts and ideas with people on the other side of that divide. I finally decided I was wasting my breath, and everyone's time, shouting across the grand canyon at people who don't get it anyhow. (And I hate to shout, as my voice doesn't really carry that well anyway. )
If you think that an idea you acquired back in 1973, 2004, or even yesterday is THE idea. If you now think that it's the be-all, end-all, thought on a subject. If you will stick with it, ignoring any evidence to the contrary, through thick and thin...because that's what you once thought, and by habit have come to believe, and through belief have made a reality in your life. If you make up your mind once on a given topic, never to revisit an idea again: this is not the blog for you.
I think change is not only possible. I think it's the very essence of why we're here. I don't pride myself on my 'right' way of thinking and think 'wrong' thinking is anything different than me. (Okay, I struggle with that idea on a few subjects-I'm still a work in progress.) .
But mainly...I'm trying out something new all the time. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it doesn't. Often I forget why I started trying it to begin with...but the fun is in the experimental quality of it all. (imho)
3-You hate to be happy.
The fact is: I lean towards optimism and humor. In fact...I'm fairly funny at times. Often just funny-strange...but sometimes downright funny ha-ha.
(Okay, well...there was that one time.)
Even when I'm talking about Serious Subjects...in a very serious way...a lotta times I'll just break into hilarity.
I'm not bragging. I'm just saying...it's likely to happen. Maybe not this line...maybe not the next...but soon, and randomly for the rest of my blog...so get out now if you'd rather be bummed!
Which brings me to comments...
4-I'm Not Listennnninggg!
If you like to search painstakingly through any and all information, no matter how positively-intended, no matter how funny, no matter how clever, and find the nugget of negativity in it.
Or worse: create your own nugget of negativity where one didn't even exist. (Clever you!)
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And then comment on it, repeatedly, and try to get a conversation going about it.
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This is not the blog for you.
Man oh man I do love interaction. I learned from Facebook that I could interact alllll daaaayyyy loooonnggg.
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But here's the thing: I only like positive interaction. Seriously. Maybe arguing floats your boat - but it sinks mine.
Not gonna do it. Can't. Won't.
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I'm not saying you have to compliment me every second of the day. (But, hey, if you're so moved don't let me stop you.) I'm not saying you have to agree with me. ('cept about pie, of course. Even so...you can prefer different types than me. Okay, really I like all types so you can't like any that I hate...but I'm sure you get my drift.)
I'm just saying: there's plenty of bummer stuff in the world that any of us could focus on. And if that's your passion, well: You're in luck! There are boatloads of blogs for complaining and whining and railing at the injustices of the world. You can find entire TV and radio and Youtube channels dedicated to Bummed-Outness.
Congratulations! Have at.
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But I hope to hell that this isn't that kind of blog.
Sooo....I've set filters for my blog comments that will
filter out bummer words automatically.
..and if the filters miss it...I'll delete them myself. So, for you like-minded happy-types out there. Sorry, but your comments won't show up right away...even if they're happy. (Thanks for any of those! Sooooo appreciated!)
I'm sorry for this. What I didn't like in the past about blogging was the lack of interaction. But after being sucked into a lot of soul-killing conversations and being on the receiving end of some negative tirades...I actually now kind of prefer one-sided conversations. At least I know the person talking is going to work hard at staying positive.
What's that? You think I'm being a Pollyanna? You think I'm being unrealistic? You think I'm not facing facts?
Thank you! Thank you very much.
My thought is: if you're gonna focus on 'news'...focus on the 'good news'. There's still a lot of it out there.
And I think a lot of the reason there is a negative crap out there is that we tend to get what we focus on...so, ya know, why not focus on the good stuff?
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In a nutshell: There are a lot of people who aren't dead yet and I want to be one while I'm still here. I hope you'll be one too!
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5- I hate to proofread
These posts are filled with typos, misspells, misspeaks, miss-the-points, run-on sentences, grammar fails....
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