What do YOU do when a case of the coulda-woulda-shoulda’s seize your brain?
Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one’s liberty.
— Unknown
A Minor but Satisfying Victory
Shortly after the holidays I experienced a minor but very satisfying victory. Sometimes it’s BIG stuff that throws me for a loop. Sometimes it’s little teeny stuff that throws me for a loop. This time it was the latter… here’s my story:
Late on a post-Christmas evening, just before the stores closed, I was driving from one store to another feeling quite smug about the complicated transaction I’d just navigated. (Returning merchandise, finding just the right replacement, using up a frequent-buyer award before its expiration date… all in all, getting a very good deal for my trouble.)
When it hit me like a brick – I’d forgotten to ask for the senior discount! Compound that stupid mistake with the fact that the only reason I’d ventured out amidst the after-holiday retail melee was because it was senior discount day!
Stupid, stupid, stupid. Thus began this silly sashaying debate: Continue reading » When Coulda-Woulda-Shoulda’s Seize Your Brain
What life-lessons have you discovered out of past “mistakes”?
As long as the world is turning and spinning, we’re gonna be dizzy and we’re gonna make mistakes.
— Mel Brooks
Dizzy or Ditzy?
I’m dizzy, dizzy, dizzy with all the stupid little mistakes that I keep perpetuating – misplaced (or lost) keys, cell, hands-free device, chargers, paperwork, passwords, …la-la-la …you name it, I’ve misplaced it in the not too distant past. These “missing items” prey upon my brain, reminding me:
It has to be here somewhere, find it, find it, find it.
(Almost as mind-bending as the messages emanating from that last piece of fudge in the pantry…)
I used to brag that I “might look unorganized but I can get my hands on ‘whatever’ in minutes, it’s a visual system that works for me.” Well that was then, this is my new now – a disorganized mindscape.
And I’ve been bashing myself with post-mortems on all my many mistakes… How could I have not paid attention to where I put that? Why didn’t I put it in a safer place – more convenient, more consistent, yada yada??? I don’t remember ever being quite this ditzy.
Then again, my world is spinning – yeah, like that excuse is gonna fly. Uh-uh, not a chance. Back in July I posted Spinning into Control in which I wrote:
Continue reading » Oops… How’d That Happen???
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