Well, that escalated fast.
Honestly, I've been thinking and mulling over and wondering what to write (and resisting the urge to make terrible jokes because too soon?).
So today I'm going to share what I'm doing while the world goes into lockdown.
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On Facebook the other day, my sister-in-law posted a picture that made me snort with laughter.
It's a splendid example of English scolding: "commit no nuisance".
But it got me thinking about how things get done... and how our whole society is geared to keeping us quiet, keeping us in line, and not making a fuss.
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If we're not telling the truth, there's no point in writing... don't let pride get in the way of your truth.
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Of all the negative emotions, after shame, I think envy takes the biscuit: it seeps into everything we look at and it keeps us stuck.
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Seth Godin calls it making a ruckus.
Which I like.
But I call it being a shenanigator.
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Habits are easier to keep when people are cheering you on.
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What are you willing to endure to get what you want?
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We get into bad thinking habits, one of which can lead us to lump all Primark shoppers into one stinky heap… and others can lead us to automatic thoughts like, “I know what I think. I know what I like. I know who I am. This is the way I vote. This is what I think about politics, religion, and that annoying man down the road.” We get into the habit of adopting instant opinions, fed to us by social media and the traditional media.
Thinking is Hard Which is Why We Don’t do it Much
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Our Inner Dickheads hate change. They love the status quo (not the band).
There's no point trying to silence that voice, either; it won't go away. It's a part of you.
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Want to know how I've gone from a chaotic cranefly who couldn't get out of bed to a 6 am person who writes every day and sometimes eats like a healthy adult?
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We're basically a bundle of habits, good and bad.
Which means every single action we take is a vote for the person we want to be.
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For the past three days, I have sat at my laptop first thing in the morning and cried tears of frustration.
Every word I've written has been dragged out of my brain with forceps and no pain relief – and arranging those words on the page has been torture.
Almost everything I've written has been total crap by my usual standards.
