Thursday, March 26, 2015

Blind Positivity; "Excuses" for Why I'm Back on Track


Priorities change. In an ordinary world, priorities are focused on things like…

Working to Live
Paying Bills on time
Hobbies/Recreation
Family and friends
Dating/Marriage
Keeping house
Striving in the general direction of Luxury

Although for many who fall on hard times (weather socially, emotionally, financially, occupationally, or whateverally…) priorities can go elsewhere.

That’s what happened to me two years ago. My life was already in shambles as it was and I was trying my absolute hardest to keep it together regardless.

Until…

Hold up. Here’s what happened…

This is the story all about how my life got flipped-turned upside down. Just let me take a second, just sit right there. I’ll tell you how it all went down… 
...you know what? I don’t care…

Seriously though, just take my word for it. Shit hit the fan, Man.

Before I knew it, I didn’t have the time and patience for anything. I let a lot of stuff slip for a long time. I didn’t have any other choice.
So over time as I’m able to get through all the mess and get past the torture, I’ve started to see things a little lot differently.
Instead of making excuses why I can’t do things, I'm learning to make excuses why I can.  Instead of making excuses for my negative actions, I make excuses for my positive actions.
Why? Because I want to, and because I can, and because there’s not a damn thing wrong blind positivity as long as I'm using it at my own accord. 


It’s so easy! I highly recommend. It’s just like making excuses… only for cool things instead of not-cool things.
 

Maybe it’s because of the nice weather we’ve been having, but I’m back on track with my cardio.

Maybe it’s because I finished fixing some broken-life crap last month, but I’m back on track with fixing fun stuff like my guitar and my bike.

Maybe it’s because of my awesome new haircut (big thanks to Bestie J-Rock), but I’m back on track with trying to look cute.

Maybe it’s because I’ve been subscribing to food bloggers on Instagram, but I’m back on track with my health and nutrition.  

Maybe it’s all the fresh air and cardio going to my head, but I’m back on track with writing my novel.

Maybe it’s because I can leave the windows open, but I’m back on track with keeping my house clean.

Maybe it’s because I’ve been so social lately, but I’m back on track with my sleep.

Maybe it’s because I’ve had so many positive things to keep me busy, but I’m back on track with my controlling my temper.

Maybe it’s because I’ve finally realized that it’s okay to feel sad sometimes, but I’m back on track with my emotions.


Maybe it’s because I’m back on track with so much else, but I’m back on track with moving forward too. 






Thursday, March 19, 2015

10 Things I Hate About Facebook; A Stream of Consciousness in Manic-Fabulous Run-On Sentences




A Stream of Consciousness in 
Manic-Fabulous Run-On Sentences


       1. Because sometimes I’m really funny and I post something and crack up over my own twizted sense of humor and then I only get like 2 “likes”, which is fine, but it makes me question if I’m anywhere near as funny as I think I am, which I’m not, which is fine, but now I now that because of Facebook.

    2. Sometimes I’m really weird, and it’s all good because I don’t care like to flaunt it, but sometimes people don’t get it, which is fine because I don’t really care if people don’t get it, but I like to post weird shit on Facebook, which is just how I do things, which is fine, but sometimes people who do matter (*cough cough* family *cough cough*) think I’m “wacky” or somthing because they take things way to literally and think I’m on crack or something, which I obviously am, and this sentence is getting way too long and I’m not using punctuation properly and I don’t care, which is fine but I’m sure someone somewhere might take that little segment back there where I allegedly admitted to being on crack as a literal statement, but don't because it's not real.

       3. I recently wrote about how I wasn’t going to add my boyfriend to Facebook, even though I did this past Saturday. Why? Because we wanted to. We were like, “Let’s add each other. Why not?”, so we did, and now I look like I’m contradicting myself, which is fine because everyone contradicts themselves occasionally, but now everyone knows it because of Facebook. Also, my last entry was about how we shouldn't blindly hate things and then this entry is all about hate, which is fine because it's blatantly obvious that this entire entry is just a farce and that I'm really just ripping on my own neuroticism and also the quintessential neurotic mindsets of the Millennial Gen and the general Facebook REpublic.

       4. This guy I used to hang out with is dating a girl who has like… the same name as my boyfriend, which is fine, but it’s Facebook and people can see that, and so people probably think I’m copying or something, which is weird but that’s not really something that’s copy-able, and I actually met him before I even knew her name, and my boyfriend also has the same last name as my high school sweetheart, which is totally normal because it’s a super common last name, but now everyone knows all of this because it’s Facebook.


     5.  I’m like 120% sure that no one else has even noticed or cared about any of what’s in #4 above, but now they might notice because I’m putting it on my blog, which is linked to my Facebook, and I’ll probably put a link to this entry on my wall too, which no one will “like” even though 100 people will click on it, and so people will say “why does she post links to her blog posts if no one even likes them”, which no one will ever actually say, and even if they did I wouldn’t care, but that I will still occasionally ponder because Facebook.

    6.   I love to #hashtag evrrrrthang. I think hashtags are a great way to add comedic afterthoughts to sentences without finding a better way to add them within the sentence or paragraph. So I use them and overuse them, which is fine, but now everyone thinks I’m annoying because it’s Facebook, which is fine because I don’t care if people think I’m annoying, but I obviously do care because I’m writing about it, and I  actually use them on Instagram and not so much on Facebook, so I stretched the truth here for the sake of blogging, which I sometimes do, which is fine, but now I just admitted to it and I don’t care if you hate me for it because it’s not stretching the truth it’s more twisting details for the sake of more convenient storytelling, which is more often than not what writers do, and the fact that I like to use hashtags instead of real sentences sometimes may deem me to be a lazy writer, which I am sometimes, but at the same time it’s still shortening shit for the sake of more convenient storytelling, and ain’t nobody ever got time to write evrrthang on they mind, but I still try, even though I do it by choice because I love it and not because anyone has ever asked me to, and I’m adding this next part so that I don’t end this really long run on sentence with a preposition. #hastagwhore #hashtaghag #thisonelinkstosomething #mostofmyhashtagsonbloggerlinktostuff #Sarahnotsorry #YousuckFacebook 

       7. Sometimes I try to get stuff done, like laundry, or chores, or grocery shopping, or having sex, or having conversations with real people, but #facebook gets in the way. #biggesttimewasterever


      8. Because this…
Hey Sarah! What’s up? How have you been?
Great! I’ve been keeping busy with work. Caught up with some friends over the weekend..
Oh yea, I saw pictures on Facebook. Fun stuff! Saw your work stuff too! I love the new logo.
Oh… well I guess that’s covered then. How have you been?
Doing well. Got a new job. Just rescued a dog too.
Oh yea I saw pics of your new dog. So cute! Foothillls is a great shelter for rescues.  Congrats on the new job! Westword.com says Denver Post is a great place to work.
Oh…well I guess that’s covered…

       9. Facebook stalking is stupid on 6,999,999,998 different levels for literally everyone involved, but we all do it, which is fine, wait no it’s not, why do people do this, I do it too sometimes, which is stoopid #notokay #noteven #icant #icanteven #myexisacrybaby

      10.  I don’t want to read about your problems unless I really do care about you on an emotional level, which I only do with like 25 people, but that’s not me being selfish it’s just human nature that we are incapable of empathizing with more than a few dozen people in our lives simultaneously, but since we all have like 6,999,999,998 Facebook friends we’re supposed to pretend like we truly care about all of their problems, which would be nice but it’s just not reasonable, so we sympathize with them, which is like empathy but fake, so it’s pointless, and we don’t know what to say so we give advice that does not apply to them, and instead we just make them mad because it’s obvious that we have no  idea what they are going through, so we ignore their problems instead until they think we’re being coldhearted and mean, which we’re not we just have better stuff to do than pretend we care, which we’d like to care but we already care about 24 other people’s problems at one time so we just can’t, we can’t even, so we just move on with our lives until we have a problem. And by then god damnit everybody better care about my problem! Why doesn’t anyone care about my problem!? Why is everyone just carrying on with their own lives when I have a totally important crisis happening!? #payattentiontome #mememe #myproblemsarebetter #lookatme #tittystickers 

      Bonus!! 11.   The thing I hate most about Facebook is that I’ll probably go on it directly after posting this… #becauseFacebook