Nothing’s changed since then, except that when I work, I almost never have time for lunch, and that on training days, dinner is out of the question. It turns out that I need 32 hours a day if I did everything I need to do on a daily basis, and that is if I slept at 2am and woke up at 7am.
I usually tell them this:
“Once, there was a bus conductor, who was very rude to his passengers. One day, a beautiful young girl tried to board the bus, but he didn’t stop. Unfortunately, the beautiful young girl came under the bus and died on the spot. Angry passengers took the conductor to the police, who in turn, took him to court. The judge was not at all impressed with him, and sentenced him to capital punishment by electrocution.
The conductor was strapped to the chair in the electrocution chamber, and was subjected to a high voltage current. To everyone’s amazement, he survived. The judge decided to set him free, and he returned to his profession.
A few months later, a middle aged woman tried to board the bus, but he didn’t stop. Unfortunately this time, the woman also came under the bus and died on the spot. Again, the angry passengers took him to the police, who in turn, took him to court. The judge took one look at the conductor, and sentenced him to capital punishment by electrocution.
In the same electrocution chamber, the conductor was strapped to his chair, and subjected to a high voltage current. To everyone’s amazement, he survived again. The judge decided to set him free, and he returned to his profession.
A few more months passed when an elderly gentleman tried to board the bus. This time, the bus conductor, recalling the previous two incidents, stopped the bus. Unfortunately, the elderly gentleman slipped and died from a head injury. The angry passengers still took the bus conductor to the police, who in turn, took him to the same court. The judge, considering his track record, issued the same sentence and ruled in favor of the deceased elderly man.
After being strapped to the electric char, the high voltage current was subjected. This time, he died instantly!
Question is: Do you know why he survived the first two electrocutions, and only died on the third?
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During the first two times, the conductor was a bad conductor.”
LOL. I don’t apologize for putting you through the bad humor. It was a necessary bad joke I recently received from a dear friend. Actually, what I really meant to say is: this is in fact how I get through my day. I like to look out for the subtle details in life; things that will nudge a perk-me-up into your day – like a bad joke (i THRIVE on lame jokes), a different perspective (I have plenty), and food porn (on foodwishes.com). Or not so subtle like that epic pic of Biyi in a microkini WHUDDUP!! I kid, I kid. I don’t ask to be happy, and I prefer not to be sad, but in either case, the last thing I would wanna do on a bad day is to lose my mind and make it worse. It's things like these that maintain a certain level of sanity in my brain, though I understand that most of you see the far more nonsensical me. I can’t stress enough on how important it is to me to remain focused, especially when I am most tired from consecutive 17 hour days, but I can leave you with this:
“Two peanuts were walking down a street. One was a salted.” – Tina Fey
I have found my secret to keeping staying focused in what I do and it has really helped me know what I want – not only in cheer, but in life. What’s yours?
