I'm Sick Of Your Voice, Find Your Actions

Finding your voice is cute and all, but I want you to find your action!

What are you gone do about it?!

Okay, okay ... I hear ya. You've finally found your voice. Great! I applaud you in your finding. I'm not sure how you lost it, but hey I guess that's not what's important. Well it probably is, but no need in dwelling in the past. The issue before us is now that you've found your voice, what are you going to do with it? If you're just going to talk about it, then honestly I'm pretty sure I want you to lose it again.Why? Because I'm sick of everybody just talking about stuff; do something because your voice without actions becomes mute to me.

I get you talking in the beginning - kind of a period of discovery. What do I sound like? What am I saying? Who am I with this voice? And I'm sure the questions go on. BUT it seems that they stop at some point and you become complacent. You have now become a bunch of talk with no bite. You talk about how this and that is an issue and how you would solve it, but you don't do anything. You've hosted and been in plenty meetings, but you never leave with an action item that will actually achieve something. Do you?

What is that all about? Seriously, I just don't understand why that has happened to so many people. I just can't believe you found your voice just to do nothing with it. In my heart of hearts, I believe you had an action plan when you were looking for your voice. Who or what through you off course? Was it all the adversity that I'm sure you've had to face in this search for your voice, your seat at the table? Was it the money or threat of a lack thereof that got you to clam up your actions? Somebody told you that your actions could lead to too much rocking of the boat and then you would be in some serious trouble with some highfalutin folk who you'd rather impress? Or is it that your agenda has changed due to some opportunity presented or taken away?

Inquiring minds are out here and we would love to be privy to what you plan on doing now that you've found your voice. So go ahead and use your voice to inform us. We're waiting ... 

Exploding Personality - What's the Deal?

So what's up with all the exploding personalities? Why are you so wound up? The smallest things are immediately magnified in your presence. Is everything really that serious? I doubt it. You just playing the "hard" role and you're the biggest punks out there. You're not hard so stop blowing up as though you're going to do something about it. When it's all said and done, you just punk out like every other time. So do the rest of us a favor and just shut up.

You gone blow up at this too eh? You don't even know me nor do I you - I just know your type. And quite frankly, I just wish y'all would just shut up and roll over in the beginning instead of going through all of the fireworks. Seriously, it's real annoying to those around you and it gets old fairly quickly. Do you wonder why people no longer even flinch when you say something? That's why - you won't back it up so step aside.

I'm not saying roll over and play dead. I'm not saying let people walk all over you (I am absolutely AGAINST that). I'm just saying find out who you are, embrace it, and be true to that. We all know you just frontin' when you start your whole woe-is-me-the-world-is-coming-to-an-end rants anyway. I'd appreciate if we could just skip that and get to what you're going to do about it. If you gone actually do something, then be about it & hop to it. Otherwise, spare your voice box boo!

Let It Go

Not only am I going to talk about life and the lessons that should be learned from it, but I'm also going to discuss how to organize your life for a less stressful future. I'd say a successful future, but I don't hold your destiny in my hand. I'm just going to politely offer up some suggestions, which  you can take or leave. If it helps just one person, then I'm calling it good. So here we go:


First thing's first: Let's discuss THROWING THINGS AWAY! Yes, I yelled it because there are so many people out there that just can't let stuff go. Honestly, I feel like they are the same folks who hold on to grudges and hurts that eat away at your soul. It's not healthy for you or those around you. So please for at least others' sake, let it go.

And no - I'm not saying throw everything away. I'm saying, you have to get rid of unnecessary things that you don't even use anymore. It's taking up space all because you want stuff. Is it worth it? Is collecting stuff fun? Do you enjoy it? Why? [Collectors, I am not talking to you. You apparently enjoy collecting whatever it is that you collect. You cherish those things right? So that means they are not unnecessary in your world so collect away (not really, but that's another post).] What about those that don't do it for fun? I've heard all types of legitimate excuses, but keep in mind that an excuse is just that - AN EXCUSE.

"I might be audited": Scan & file accordingly.
"I might need to look at it again some day": When? Why? File it accordingly then.
"I'm saving it for my future child(ren)/grandchild(ren)": NO! Rarely is this even worth it ... think about it.

I'm sure there are many other excuses out there, but these are just a few that really ruffle my feathers. It's ridiculous how people have such an excruciating time letting things go; and this includes not only stuff, but people, ideas, etc. Understanding that letting go is a process, I will not say that it is an easy one, BUT it is absolutely necessary to life! Come on people let's get it together!

In the Beginning ...

When I first created this blog, my objective was to gripe and just talk about the funnies of the cloffice. However I realized the following:

1. I don't gripe enough to be successful at it;
2. While the cloffice is interesting, it's only REALLY funny in context so writing about it is limited;
   
3. Other aspects of my life are sometimes so much funnier and easier to to write about; and
4. Life is not only about griping & laughing - sometimes life is REAL serious
   

... so I decided to take my own advice and set it to zero.

You may be wondering about this previous blog as well as what "set it to zero" even means so  feel free to check out the link to the previous blog. It only has a few days of stuff, but you get the gist of where it was headed.

For those who wish not to go through all of that for the meaning of "set it to zero", see below:

Set it to zero means to do a soft reset and start back at your last known good configuration. Over your head? Well, basically look back to before you started tripping (or your situation got out of control) and figure out how you got to where you are so you can get out of it. Still don't get it? Well, it's about getting to the root of the problem. If you know the root(s), you can solve the problem.