Random Thoughts - Just Go With It

I was having a fairly pleasant, mundane day when I received some unwanted work related news. After letting the news fester and eat away at me for what I now view as far too long, I decided to no longer let it bother me. In the grand scheme of things, it really is a minor annoyance. I exerted way too much energy letting it dominate my mood. So I'm challenging myself, and I suppose any readers that would like to take up this challenge should attack it head on as well. The next time you receive bad news, allow yourself as little time as possible to let it control your emotions, and then find a small piece of happiness that has happened in your life recently and replace the minor annoyance with thoughts of that. Example: I've replaced my work news with the memory of the small nerd worthy smile I got from checking the mail yesterday and finding out my new debit card had arrived. Why would I smile about a debit card? Umm, because it has this picture on it!

That's right, a nice wide shot of the Lost island, this picture being a screen shot from Season Four, Episode Three, The Economist. Yes I am perfectly content being a geek. Sure I could have pulled from a long list of things to be happy about. My wife, our insane cat, my neurotic but lovable father, but those are in my opinion big things, and I'll reserve those for when the news is truly bad. Today was just a slight hiccup. If you choose to take up this challenge, I salute you. Perspective is everything, yet is so easy to forget. Enjoy your evening blog world, and I hope tomorrow's is an even better one for ya.