You're Doing It Wrong

I'm that person that watches people and processes, then asks, 'why does it have to be so difficult?' If it's more difficult than it has to be, I then report to anyone who will listen, ‘y’all doing it wrong’. I'm all over the 'work smart, not hard' motto. In my work life especially, but also in other areas of life I apply the motto. Remember geometry and the Pythagorean theorem? 'member? The shortest distance between two points is a straight line? (And you thought you'd never use that information again). Why can't it apply to other areas of life? I’d even go so far as to say the motto sub-line should say, "Apply liberally, as needed". Like that hot sauce commercial, "I put that sh*t on everything!"

These life lessons and tools are an assortment of my disjointed, random thoughts, and what I’ve learned from and offered to conversations with friends where my filter is usually off and I inadvertently blurt out, 'You're Doing It Wrong". People who know me know that I'm all about the easy, both socially & professionally.

I write from the perspective of a Gen'X'er, (that's a term, right?). Anyway, for many of us, we played outside safely (for the most part) with the neighborhood kids for hours on end, and knew all of our neighbors. We made friends quickly or we didn't...because you know whether or not you click with someone in the first few minutes. None of this forced friendship stuff people do. What is that? No, thanks. We experienced a lot of firsts during our formative years and we successfully adapted to all of it. We started out life with landlines, tv's without remotes and the rabbit ear antennas, clock radios, vinyl albums, and 8-tracks. We successfully transitioned to using computers, video games, cassette tapes, Walkman's, and TV's with universal remotes that could work your TV, stereo, and the VCR. Then we were fancy!! Then in middle and high school, we transitioned yet again to CD's & Discman's, beta tapes, and blue-ray. We didn't complain about learning the new technology, we just figured it out. We rolled with the punches and moved on, however dysfunctional it was. We learned to make things easy for ourselves to keep us updated and relevant for the many changes we endured.

I want to use the blog to share some things I've learned over the years. Some are life hacks, both physical and mental things to hopefully help someone navigate life with a little more of ease than I experienced. Here's a few things I learned about myself:

• If my personal space is messy, it is most times reflecting my mental space.

• If I get easily annoyed or irritable about a subject or situation, I'm most likely bored of it and ready to move on. A change is necessary.

• I'm learning not to care about what people think of me and how I choose to live my life.

• Insanity is literally doing the same thing over and over expecting different results...

• Give yourself permission to take a break. You are your own worst critic. Give yourself a break.

I look forward to sharing my life and the lessons I've learned with you. Let's learn and grow together.