Why do today what you can put off until tomorrow?
Why not just sit back, relax and take care of whatever it is you need to do
another day? You are probably just too tired, over committed and just have too
much on your plate. You certainly deserve a break. Why not just hunker down in
your favorite recliner, click on the ol’ idiot box, and enjoy doing nothing for
the afternoon? While you’re at it, you might as well crack open a can of your
favorite adult beverage and call the pizza guy. You work hard all week, after
all, and deserve a break – don’t you? Remember that old commercial from a
certain fast food chain? It goes something like “You deserve a break today…”,
and you certainly do. Mowing the lawn can wait until tomorrow. Paying the bills
can wait until tomorrow. Getting some well needed exercise can certainly wait, as can cleaning up the
house, taking the dog for a walk (that would exercise, and you’ve already
decided against that), visiting your friends, or playing with your kids. You
are just too tired from working all week, aren’t you? Just feel how tired and stressed you are. Your tiredness is almost
overwhelming, isn’t it? I bet you don’t have energy to do much of anything.
Today might be a good day to not even leave the house at all. Why not just commit to staying in your p.j.’s all
afternoon? Who needs to get dressed, anyway? You probably don’t have anywhere
important to go, and even if you did, that is going to wait until tomorrow,
remember?
Today sounds like a
good day to just sit at home and call in sick to life. Remember, you have
earned it. Nobody works as hard as you, and it is likely that nobody would
really understand just how busy your life is. Shall I pass you the box of
Kleenex? There there, it’s okay. It might be a good idea to get onto your
favorite social networking site and tell your friends just how tired and
overwhelmed you are. You could post something like “feeling tired and
stressed…my life is sooooo hard, and nobody understands me!” I would highly
recommend that you include in this posting one of those cute frowning or sad faces
L.
That way all your friends will “like” your status, and some of them might even
comment on it. That way your bad feelings will be validated by others and you
can keep on feeling sorry for yourself. You will feel much better after you
have sat in that comfy fo-leather recliner, watched reruns of your favorite
“Housewives” program and eaten and drank yourself silly. That way, you can go
to bed tonight feeling guilty about doing nothing all day. I am certain that
you will have trouble sleeping due to your excessive inactivity and feelings of
guilt from wasting away the day, so I would recommend you medicate yourself
with your choice of sleeping pills or sedatives of any kind to assist you in
reaching REM.
Tomorrow will come and
you will wake up groggy at best. Your belly will be filled with the grease,
alcohol and sugar you consumed yesterday, so I would advise that you take a
double shot of that chalky pink liquid. Your head will hurt, and your body will
feel heavy from overeating and sitting all day yesterday, so it might be a good
idea to take two or three pain relievers and wash them down with multiple cups
of coffee, maybe even one of those high-octane energy drinks. You woke up late
and are rushing to find something to wear to work, the less wrinkled the
better. You've got that oatmeal and fruit you bought for your “healthy eating”
kick you were on a few weeks ago, but you don’t even have the time to make a
quick breakfast. That’s okay. There are plenty of fast food joints on the way
to work. You can grab a double sausage biscuit, super-size it for a buck (what a
deal) and get two hash browns and another large coffee. You can race through
traffic while inhaling the bag of grease you just bought and wash it down with
a cigarette. For added effect, you might try tuning your radio to one of those
morning talk shows which relentlessly tear others down, gossip, and talk about
how bad the government is. That will help to solidify your negative attitude
for the day, and you can arrive to work (late) feeling extra critical about the
world, the price of gas, and the 40 hour work week. You will be well on your
way to living as through you are a victim of circumstance, the unfair rules and
laws, and powerless to change any of it. Sound good? Okay. Keep living that
way, if you choose to. That is your call.
If I have described
you, (even a little) and you’re mad, I have done my job. I am happy that you
are upset. As a matter a fact I am really
happy. You don’t know me, but you are likely wondering why the hell I would
take pleasure in a complete stranger’s pain and discontent. That is a fair
assessment, I suppose. The reason why
I am happy that I’ve gotten you stirring is this: Until you realize that the
unhappiness you are feeling is YOUR CHOICE you will not change. That is a fact.
Until you awaken your mind to the truth (and you just might have gotten a dose
of it), nothing is going to change. In order to start making positive changes
in your life you must first become so dissatisfied, so uncomfortable and angry
that you DECIDE to do something different. And that is where I come in. In the
following weeks and months I will be posting excerpts inspired by my new book, Easy
Does it…but do it. These excerpts will be based on the 12-steps of recovery
but apply to ANYONE wanting something better out of life. If that is you, feel
free to subscribe to this blog. You are also free to read about my current
book, Chopping Wood & Carrying Water: One Day at a Time available
on Amazon. I’ve provided the links below. Thanks for reading.
By the way – if you
don’t like how you feel, DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
Best,
Paul
