Turning in relentless optimism
Notes on the real stuff of the day. A careful balancing act letting people know I am real, I stumble, I doubt, I struggle, I give up. And the triumphant returns therefrom. As much as possible I avoid whining (complaining with no hope of resolution), derogatory remarks about anyone and wallowing. I do at times find myself being that person, but I avoid it whenever I can.
Why write in the Real Life category? Simple. My struggles can help others through theirs. I have a long, triumphant experience sharing my not-so-shiny-self several times a week. It seems human nature for many of us that we can get stuck when we feel isolated. In sharing my experiences, I give others permission to feel the difficulties of the day and hopefully move past them to be the effortless shining lights we each are.
As for credit for this idea, I give it foremost to Tara Hunt at http://www.horsepigcow.com/. While I’ve been involved in peer support for 25 years, I’ve been struggling to find a use for it in the public space. I am also excessively touchy and doubtful about what I should talk about here in cyberspace. My “whuffle” hasn’t even begun to form in large part because I have no idea where to begin. I am a seasoned senior designer of complex things and still feel like a newcomer. To paraphrase, “my feelings don’t match the facts.”
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If you’re going to ask me to sacrifice QOL for an idea, it had better be an ideal instead. If you’re going to ask me to sacrifice QOL money, you need a better idea. If you’re going to ask me to sacrifice QOL for doing business dev, you don’t have a good idea. Pixar has […]
I spend a lot of time heads down in the daily work of making a living an, raising my kids and enjoying my life. I spend a bunch of other time in the heady world of ideas. That world takes me home, to our little island planet in the far arm of a tiny galaxy. […]