blogging off steam
i've been thinking about this post for a couple days now. sometimes you don't want to offend people, but other times you just want to speak your mind.
everyone's always telling you to pick your battles. but most of the time, we want to fight every single one of them. it seems like i just want to be mel gibson in braveheart and take down any englishman that stands in my way.
it happens every day... in traffic, at work, at home, at school, with your teachers, with your parents (this is probably most common) and especially with truck drivers.
vague example: someone says or does something that you don't agree with. how do you decide to take on an argument? if it's something dumb like which to have on the table at a reception... pretzels or mixed nuts, then probably just don't make a big deal out of it. no one is going to remember. but if someone is doing something unsafe like blocking a dock door from closing properly, then yeah, take on that argument. ...even if it's going to be a heated one.
but for all those times where you just REALLY want to say something, but you don't... this is for you. all those times where you feel like you really sold yourself out and didn't stand up for what you think you should have said... i'm doing this. a new procedure.
i'm going to start posting what i WISH my response was. and hopefully it doesn't turn into one of those "wish i would have thought of that at the time" deals and stays true to the "i had this to say, but kept it in" sort of things.
specific example: i think it's stupid that a brother and sister can't get along over something as frivolous as money. you should be helping each other out with finances, not bickering over who gets what b/c X spent more than Y. MAYBE YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE GONE INTO BUSINESS WITH FAMILY IN THE FIRST PLACE IF YOU KNEW YOUR BROTHER HAD A TEMPER! AND MAYBE YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE GONE INTO BUSINESS WITH FAMILY IF YOU THOUGHT YOUR BROTHER-IN-LAW WAS LAZY!
now, most readers probably have no idea what that's about. and that's what i want.
this specific example was about my mom and uncle going into business together. i'll spare you the details, but that's something i wish i could say to both of them. but i know all it would do is make them mad and not resolve anything.
i won't always explain what i'm saying. in fact, i'll never explain it. most likely, if you're reading it, you won't know what i'm talking about. but i'm not doing this for you. this is for me. (duh... it's my blog. get your own.)
in the future, if you read a post, and it seemingly has nothing to do with anything, ignore it. it's probably just me exercising some steam release. and yeah, it could be about you. then again, it might not be. but if it's gotten to the point where all i do is blog about it anonymously, then we've probably already talked about it.
and if we've already talked about it, and i'm doing this new procedure, then it's probably also too late.
i hope to bury a few axes rather than a few englishman with this.
everyone's always telling you to pick your battles. but most of the time, we want to fight every single one of them. it seems like i just want to be mel gibson in braveheart and take down any englishman that stands in my way.
it happens every day... in traffic, at work, at home, at school, with your teachers, with your parents (this is probably most common) and especially with truck drivers.
vague example: someone says or does something that you don't agree with. how do you decide to take on an argument? if it's something dumb like which to have on the table at a reception... pretzels or mixed nuts, then probably just don't make a big deal out of it. no one is going to remember. but if someone is doing something unsafe like blocking a dock door from closing properly, then yeah, take on that argument. ...even if it's going to be a heated one.
but for all those times where you just REALLY want to say something, but you don't... this is for you. all those times where you feel like you really sold yourself out and didn't stand up for what you think you should have said... i'm doing this. a new procedure.
i'm going to start posting what i WISH my response was. and hopefully it doesn't turn into one of those "wish i would have thought of that at the time" deals and stays true to the "i had this to say, but kept it in" sort of things.
specific example: i think it's stupid that a brother and sister can't get along over something as frivolous as money. you should be helping each other out with finances, not bickering over who gets what b/c X spent more than Y. MAYBE YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE GONE INTO BUSINESS WITH FAMILY IN THE FIRST PLACE IF YOU KNEW YOUR BROTHER HAD A TEMPER! AND MAYBE YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE GONE INTO BUSINESS WITH FAMILY IF YOU THOUGHT YOUR BROTHER-IN-LAW WAS LAZY!
now, most readers probably have no idea what that's about. and that's what i want.
this specific example was about my mom and uncle going into business together. i'll spare you the details, but that's something i wish i could say to both of them. but i know all it would do is make them mad and not resolve anything.
i won't always explain what i'm saying. in fact, i'll never explain it. most likely, if you're reading it, you won't know what i'm talking about. but i'm not doing this for you. this is for me. (duh... it's my blog. get your own.)
in the future, if you read a post, and it seemingly has nothing to do with anything, ignore it. it's probably just me exercising some steam release. and yeah, it could be about you. then again, it might not be. but if it's gotten to the point where all i do is blog about it anonymously, then we've probably already talked about it.
and if we've already talked about it, and i'm doing this new procedure, then it's probably also too late.
i hope to bury a few axes rather than a few englishman with this.
