Life hacks for the boy-do-I-wish-things-sucked-a-little-less crowd.
1. Cut out those toxic people. You know who I’m talking about. The emotional vampires who drain every drop of your energy in a single conversation. The gimmes who take and take but never seem to have anything to give. The master manipulators who wreck your world repeatedly. Cut that shit out, people.
2. Okay, fine, sometimes you can’t. And that sucks. So set some boundaries and read this. She’ll make you laugh through your tears while you get super smart about dealing with occasionally unavoidable drama.
3. Look for the comical. That’s right – actually watch for opportunities to bust a gut laughing at yourself, your friends, your loved ones. Because nothing makes a day better like laughing ‘til you tinkle.
4. Use words like shit and tinkle unapologetically.
5. Visit the tropics. Got cash for a weekend on a beach? Cool. A little strapped this month/summer/year? Then set up a blanket and umbrella in your backyard, put some steel drum tunes on your playlist, and pull out that blender for cool beverage delightfulness. Either way, you gotta decompress.
6. Don’t get lost in the hypothetical. “But what if” is a girl’s worst nightmare. Case in point: BrightSide and I had to drive separately to Meet The Teacher this week. We knew parking was gonna be beastly, and I was all in a swither the night before trying to figure out the hows and but what ifs. Thursday night comes and it’s so crazy I park before even pulling into the lot, but when I look up there’s BrightSide. Son of a bitch, there’s 30 minutes of my life I’ll never get back. Stressing out over what-if is a waste of time. Give it up for Lent. Then give it up permanently.
7. Make it epic. Your night out with the girls/guys, your snowball fight with the kids, your date night with your honey. Go big or go home, man.
8. Deny your inner critic. That voice that says you’re not good enough? The one that looks at the spilled juice and says you always screw up? Yeah, that critic. Tell him to eff off.
9. Dare to be idealistic. It can be better, if we’re willing to make it so. Believe.
10. Remember the Titanic. Sometimes life is hard. Sometimes we make mistakes, big ones. But did you steer into an iceberg? Did thousands of people die an icy death? I’ll take a side of perspective with my coffee, Alec.
Linda’s stream of consciousness prompt drives our Saturday fun. This week’s prompt is “-ic or -ical. Find a word that uses the suffix “-ic” or “-ical.” Bonus points if you use both.”
Hello everyone! Titanic is something that has hidden lessons for all of us. I have written some financial lessons one can learn from Titanic. Don’t make your retirement a Titanic Tragedy https://thoughtsoftharun.wordpress.com/2018/08/01/dont-make-your-retirement-a-titanic-tragedy/
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That was an excellent piece. I learn certain things much better through analogy — turns out the Titanic lends itself well to finances!
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Nicely done.
I’m skipping the tropics, though. 😉
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Hey, I hear tell some folks like the mountains. Or even — eek — colder places. Whatever floats your boat!
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🙂
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This is a great combination of practical (put it on the refrigerator) advice and funny.
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Thanks, JoAnna! It was a fun one to write. 🙂
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I love your raw honesty! And if you lead with #5 and #7, remember the rest as you do it, how could your life be anything less than kickass fun? You’re one smart cookie to know all this sh*t, don’t ever let anyone tell you otherwise!
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I think it’s easy to forget the epic when you’re buried in parenting. SUPER important detail and often what leads to the most laughter. 🙂
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#3 always helps me. #8 is impossible for me. But I’ll try and try again.
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Giggles are key.
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Numbers 6 and 8 hit home. I’m working on them.
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Fantast-ic! 😊
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Love it! 😉
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Numbers 8 and 10 are the ones that hit home in the sense that I need to pay attention to perspective and not beat myself up over stupid shit. I fall into those behaviors far too easy.
Thanks for bringing up the comical. Life is too short without laughing over something, either big or small. Or about how you just worried fr days over nothing. 😉
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I think 99.9% of the people I meet hit the same wall with beating themselves up. The day my *kid* told me not to call myself dumb was a particularly eyeopening moment for me…hang in there and cut yourself slack for the dumb stuff we ALL do.
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We need to do a better job at listening to other people (and children) who tell us we are kind or smart or amazing, rather than brushing that off and thinking “I’m not that great.” It’s a constant life lesson.
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❤️ this!
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Great advice. I love the title & #10. I once made a huge mistake at work. I caused several people to have to work long hours with me to fix it. My boss simply said “ nobody was injured, nothing to see here.” He never mentioned it again.
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That’s the kind of boss I love. The ones that stomp around shaking fists and turning red just stress everybody out…
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I have tried to be that way, unless big mistakes become chronic.
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Amazing post !
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Thanks!
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