Who Wrote This Crap Anyway

I just had a thought that is worth passing on. That means it's not like most of what I pass on anyway because I haven't thought of anything worthwhile to say. So here it is.

Live your life like it was YOU writing the script. It's too vague Mr. Paully! Explain!

Often, we walk through life acting out the parts that we have accepted as who we are. We are the husbands and wives and the lawyers and accountants and school teachers and chefs and writer and whatever. We act out the script.

We tell ourselves we don't have the time to change anything because it is all we can do to keep up. and we keep acting parts that were written for us to play.

We go on dreadful family outings and dinner with people we don't like because that is what the script says we do. We hate every minute of it, but we follow the script as written.

I'm not suggesting we chuck everything and ad lib life, but we need balance between what we TRULY need to do to stay alive and what we TRULY need to do to stay sane and happy. We need to have at least some editorial control over this script that we are acting out every day.

How do we get there, Paully? At some point we all have to decide which parts of our life are not worth keeping in the script and pull out a red pencil and delete them. If every time you go to Uncle Bob's house for Thanksgiving you want to cry for three days then RED PENCIL Uncle Bob out of the script. But he's family, Paully! So what! If going to Fred Jones' house for dinner made you feel bad you would quit going without question. Why is Uncle Bob any different? Write your own script.

If every time you go on a cruise you gain 15 pounds and hate yourself for 4 months RED PENCIL the cruise or the way you eat on the cruise. Write a new script where you use the gym facility every day on the ship and do the margarita night once instead of every night and dance with your spouse instead of dumping money in the casino. Write a better ending for the cruise chapter.

If your job turns you into a stress monster who nobody wants to be around who couldn't find their way to health with a road map and GPS then write a story that includes dusting off your resume and looking for a new job that allows you to be a healthy and sane person who likes them self. Write a better script. (You'll notice I didn't suggest you red pencil the job until you found another one)

My last thought is this. Write a script where you make decisions ONCE and stick with them. RED PENCIL the one where you keep having to make the same decision over and over. If you need to do it - do it. Write a script with a more decisive you. A little mix between James Bond and Gandhi.

Be well and more soon....