The following are from-the-gut reactions which I will probably regret and delete by tomorrow morning. Enjoy them while you can.
- Fewer things are more maddening than seeing a screen-ful of green-lighted IM usernames, and none of them wanting to chat. Yes, I’m being a needy bitch. Shaddup. (Hmm. Maybe that’s why they’re not wanting to chat).
- I’ve been told recently that I have good instincts, am smart, and have a good eye. However, these compliments have been quickly followed by a “thanks but no thanks” response. Argh.
- What is with sarcastic mysterious surly yet humorous men that drive me to love and hate them at the same time? (not about the bf, by the way)
- Brainstorm blockage. Seriously.
- Too afraid to speak my mind, but if I don’t, I’ll never know if what I think is right. Fear is indeed a crippling trait.
- High school cafeteria politics have once again entered my life. Woo hoo.
- Scratch the first item; nothing is more maddening than knowing you have the potential for big things, and not being able to exercise that potential due to something silly like lack of focus and lack of organizational mojo.
- Lack of caffeine is severely messing up my sleep pattern. Bleargh.
There. I’ve purged. Now back to your regularly scheduled blog perusal.
Re: Too afraid to speak my mind… at some point you just have to throw caution to the wind, and I know that’s way easier said than done. But not doing so leaves you in an equally unsatisfying position as you know. Too many projects go bad, too many great ideas go unrecognized because people self-censor themselves so vigorously. Oftentimes people are so close to a project that they miss the obvious.
You can always preface your “risky” statement with some sort of disclaimer to pad its impact.