We’re getting to the end of the year – two public holidays
in a row are looming upon us and I personally am starting to feel a little cray
cray.
It’s harder to get out of bed towards the end of the year,
it’s harder to be the energetic, effervescent ball of good time non-confrontational
fun that people at work are so used to…..
it’s hard to cook the kids something that doesn’t go directly from the
freezer to the oven. I’m just tired – we’re
all tired. It’s December man, we’ve
given up on giving a shit.
The last few days I’ve staggered around like a like a sleep
walking elephant. Glaring at the world
through a twitching eye and a wayward fringe.
But something happened to me, yes something gave me the spring back in
my step and it wasn’t my breakfast G&T this time.
It was ‘Positivity’ (I want to put pictures of flowers
around that word).
What the? Who the? What?
(shit she’s on a detox again…….).
No really, I mean it.
I don’t mean positivity like ‘I’m a good person, I am a friendly person,
I deserve to be treated more like a person and less like a slave’. I mean this.
‘Hey *insert name of random person* you look super nice
today!’
Or
‘Jolly Roger! I saw that
reverse park! you nailed it! Stranger high five!’
or
‘Wow I really liked the way you talked up sustainable
printing practices at the staff meeting today, you really got me thinking’
Ok that last one was kind of tainted with sarcasm, but you
get the drift – pump up someone’s tyres to get your own engine revving! (holla
first and last mechanic type reference thing for the year)
It really works. I
said 3 nice things to people today, like totally off the cuff and random – I thought
it, I said it and then I walked on a cloud of crazy happy with my chest puffed
out a little.‘Hey everyone – did you hear that – I said some nice shit for no reason!’ whoo yaay me right?!
I am running the risk at the moment of you thinking I’m a complete bitch most of the time, cause if you people already do this and 3 nice comments is you on a bad day when you have a hangover, gall stones and a raging thumbnail infection, well then I have to lift my game!
Having said that I already have an action plan in place. Tomorrow
I’m aiming for five (and yes I have to work on the sarcasm), the next day 10
and then 15 and so on and so one until ALL I do all day is compliment people
and voila serotonin crazed smiling freak Emily is here! I can see after a while Husband is going to
have to talk me down
“Come on Emily, you don’t need to do it, just say something
mean again, say something mean, don’t praise randoms, put your iphone down, I
know you’re saying nice shit on Facebook again, you can be happy without this,
you just need some help, no no don’t wish the world happiness on twitter, you’re
going to overdose nooooooooo………”
I will be placing a limit on this no need for reciprocation
or recognition flattery. Under no
circumstances will I go in for the hug. There’ll
be no cheek kissing or arm squeezing – let me make that very clear from the
outset. So if I give you an unsolicited
compliment don’t try it on, I’ll ro sham bo you as soon as look at you.
So rock it in the new world with me, get out there and
compliment your pants off (ok that just went somewhere I didn’t intend…)
Oh hey! Yeah you reading this, you read that so fast, are
you a speed reader or just really smart?
You seem smart. I’m loving your
hair right now……..
Ps: Jolly Roger isn’t a person – I’m trying to bring that
back into my vernacular instead of saying ‘Holy Fuck’ because that’s apparently
crass…..
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