Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Simple Concept
It's just that we should be aware of how we impact others, everyone around us. That's all.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
GREat Humor
I wrote this post while studying for the GRE's, which I've taken and passed.
I could picture people grading essays and rolling their eyes.
For the section: Rewording Cliches. The unrevised sentence is: "Be positive is my motto!"
The revised is long and also dumb, but better.
The description underneath reads: "The unrevised sentence is a particularly hackneyed cliche that is irritatingly saccharine as well."
The following funny moments are brought to you by GRE studying sessions from my book on how to write a good essay:
"In this example "plan ahead" is redundant. In what situation would you "plan behind?""
"The author of the wordy example above is just wasting words and time. Get to the point quickly and stay there."
"Using the passive voice is a way to avoid accountability (it's often referred to as the "politician's voice")."
I could picture people grading essays and rolling their eyes.
For the section: Rewording Cliches. The unrevised sentence is: "Be positive is my motto!"
The revised is long and also dumb, but better.
The description underneath reads: "The unrevised sentence is a particularly hackneyed cliche that is irritatingly saccharine as well."
The following funny moments are brought to you by GRE studying sessions from my book on how to write a good essay:
"In this example "plan ahead" is redundant. In what situation would you "plan behind?""
"The author of the wordy example above is just wasting words and time. Get to the point quickly and stay there."
"Using the passive voice is a way to avoid accountability (it's often referred to as the "politician's voice")."
You Can Never Do It All
The reality behind life is that you can never do it all, and you will always want to do more. The nice part of that realization is that you control your wishes and expectations, so, you can ebb that feeling. The reality though is, if you were raised like me, you feel the constant need to keep that feeling strong.
Not good enough. Not working hard enough. Not smart enough. Not enough. Not enough. Where did all that come from? I hear it in the back of my brain, nagging at me at 6pm at night as I sit in school, pouring over a math book, thinking through a lesson on brain cells that yawn and lag behind.
Where'd all that not enough come from? Why are high expectations synonymous with internal pummeling? Why do I have to hold the bar high and then smash myself with it when I can't reach it? (I know, that image is not possible, but you know what I mean).
Where in the world of my public education did that seed get planted? How do I get the tangle of those roots out of my brain and realize that I am capable of so much and at some point I can not do anymore. At 6pm, I need to stop and be okay with that. Oh I can stop, that is not hard, but being comfortable with that is that whole other part. Put my feet up, turn my brain off... how?
My heart is beating, even writing those words. Stop at 6? But what about stickers on paper? And laminating? Organizing? Rereading, planning, preparing? What about the endless feeling that I am not good enough for them?
How, can we encourage others, speak these wise words to others, and fail ourselves? If you were in my shoes, or slippers this moment, I would tell you to leave everything at work at 6. I would tell you that you need to take time for yourself, to work on developing your life outside of work, that it is just as important. That is what I would say. However, it seems I cannot hear it myself.
You really can never do it all, and you have to, somehow, find a way to uproot that invasive plant in your brain, and be okay with trying your best.
Not good enough. Not working hard enough. Not smart enough. Not enough. Not enough. Where did all that come from? I hear it in the back of my brain, nagging at me at 6pm at night as I sit in school, pouring over a math book, thinking through a lesson on brain cells that yawn and lag behind.
Where'd all that not enough come from? Why are high expectations synonymous with internal pummeling? Why do I have to hold the bar high and then smash myself with it when I can't reach it? (I know, that image is not possible, but you know what I mean).
Where in the world of my public education did that seed get planted? How do I get the tangle of those roots out of my brain and realize that I am capable of so much and at some point I can not do anymore. At 6pm, I need to stop and be okay with that. Oh I can stop, that is not hard, but being comfortable with that is that whole other part. Put my feet up, turn my brain off... how?
My heart is beating, even writing those words. Stop at 6? But what about stickers on paper? And laminating? Organizing? Rereading, planning, preparing? What about the endless feeling that I am not good enough for them?
How, can we encourage others, speak these wise words to others, and fail ourselves? If you were in my shoes, or slippers this moment, I would tell you to leave everything at work at 6. I would tell you that you need to take time for yourself, to work on developing your life outside of work, that it is just as important. That is what I would say. However, it seems I cannot hear it myself.
You really can never do it all, and you have to, somehow, find a way to uproot that invasive plant in your brain, and be okay with trying your best.
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