Life Lessons | steadily skipping stones

Oct 7

Blogging is my Life Coach

Last Friday, I wrote about how disappointed I was with myself for some bad behavior, and that post has been on my mind all week. Which is not a bad thing. I want to change my behavior, so it’s kind of important that I put some focus on it. As I was thinking about all this, it occurred to me that were it not for this blog, I probably would have abandoned my pursuit of Thankful long ago.

That’s not an astounding revelation, it’s simply a matter of accountability. Still, this was not one of the expectations I had when I started blogging six months ago. Other than working on my writing skills, I certainly had no idea of using my blog as a means of self-improvement. But then, I had no calculated intentions of divulging anything as personal as I find myself sometimes doing. Who knew a blog could be such a good listener? It coaxes things out of me that I didn’t know I needed to talk about. And then it gives me excellent advice.

Wow. Blogging is my Life Coach. continue reading…

Sep 30

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Not so Thankful in September

I started feeling better yesterday. Yay for me! I was still stuffed up a bit, and the cough that won’t quit…well, it won’t quit. But still, when I got to work I was in a better mood, certainly more upbeat, and ready to face the challenges of the night. Today I feel even better. I have a little tickle in my chest, and I still sound sick and congested, but I can breathe! Which is a definite bonus. I like breathing. It’s totally awesome.

As I was driving home last night, I kept thinking about a co-worker to whom I had voiced a lot of my frustrations over the last two weeks – just negative, negative thinking and feelings. And I can hope (wish?) that it was a symptom of being sick, even though I do have a tendency to get easily frustrated and, though I hate to admit it, angry. In a nutshell, I want things to go my way. Because, you know, I am The Great and Powerful Oz. My way is best, so you’d best do it my way. Normally I can keep that all in my head. But when I’m sick or just at the end of my proverbial rope, Woosh!, or whatever sound a geyser makes, because it’s like a geyser of bitchyness all up in here. continue reading…

Aug 20

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What to do if you think you’re in a scary movie

Go Looking For It

People always heap scorn on the dim-witted but beautiful and busty blonde who walks up the stairs when she hears something go bump in the night. She’s cautious. She’s got her peepers (eyes, dirt-brain) popped and her head is tilted just so (better to hear you with, my dear). And up she goes.

Now, we all know she’s walking right into the arms of death, so we tell her to “stop, stupid! He’s gonna git you.” Of course she never listens. continue reading…

Aug 15

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Liar, Liar, pants on fire

This week’s Query is about telling lies. And no, I wasn’t asking for pointers! In fact, I already know how to lie all too well, but asking others about their lying habits really made me pay attention to mine.

I find that I don’t lie as a general habit – a good thing to realize about myself. The bad thing? I’ve recently started telling “sugar-coating” lies. Just a bit of a fib to make the bad news sound better.

Lying gets easier each time you do it, like a lot of bad habits. I’m glad I asked this question, because I don’t want to get into any kind of lying habit, even if it’s only told to make the medicine go down easier. So, I caught myself doing this and I stopped. I find that I don’t really have to sugar coat (lie about) the bad news after all, and I feel better for having been honest.

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