Stop Screwing Around!

Stop screwing around - get pissed off and remember who you the f*ck you are, and get your life back! I’m saying this to whoever needs to hear it because I wish someone had said it to me - many times.

I wasted so much precious time drinking too much or sitting at a casino or over-stuffing my face with crappy food or working jobs I hated, or staying in bad relationships way too long. All for falsely feeling in control, safe, and numb.

And, if reading the first statement stings you a little, it’s because, down deep, you know you could be doing and being more. Your 10-year-old self wouldn’t recognize you and would be embarrassed.

And I know all the “reasons” you’re not out there kicking butt because I used them too. “But I need to relax tonight; I have anxiety, I’m not good enough, but I REALLY love my abusive partner, I don’t want to be alone, I’m too old, I live in Buffalo, I have an addictive personality, I’ve had trauma, I don’t want to disappoint my parents, blah, blah, blah! I used to consider these good reasons not to hold myself accountable to myself, too. And they ARE reasons, but they are also big excuses!

Everyone, and I do mean EVERYONE I meet or work with, has tremendous gifts and is more powerful than they believe. But many of us have been beaten down so often and so hard we forget.

The clock is ticking, guys! If you’re 60 like me, you have, on average, 5,840 days left to live (76 years minus the age of 60 times 365 days in a year). That’s not a whole lot of days left.

So wake up NOW and get your life back! It is YOUR life, you know, the ONLY one you get. And if the people around you don’t like the “new” you, kick em to the curb.

If you find this harsh. Good. If you think I’m an assh*le. Fine. If this little post gets under the skin of just one person and causes them to take action, then it’s worth it.