It made me think about all of the people who have chosen jobs in construction, landscaping, and anything else out doors. Even UPS and USPS peeps get in and out of vehicle with no doors all day. Mechanics get no A/C, they are lucky to have a swamp cooler, and there are myriad other professions just like this.
So, am I saying I want to toughen up? Take a boot camp class at noon? Hells no! I am just saying i have identified this part of myself and am at peace with it. We don't have to change or "fix" every little personality trait or idiosyncracy that makes us uncomfortable or different. I don't camp in the Summer because heat makes me angry. That's it.
Avoid the stuff that irritates you if you can, don't force yourself to do things out of obligation that end up sucking for you and everyone else who has to put up with you. In our club we have a very simple saying that we live by. Nobody has hurt feelings and everybody accepts it. We don't have to make up lame excuses, or anything. We simply say "IDW". I don't wanna. That's it.
Imagine how free your life would be if you just said IDW to that Amway presentation, or to a scrapbooking workshop, or even to drink with a friend. By invoking IDW, the other person knows you just don't feel like it, and that's okay. Now, you can make plans later when you do W.
If this spread and nobody forced themselves to go to things they hated, we would be happier people I think, I know what it is like to be somewhere you don't want to be because you think you're "supposed" to go. Super Bowl parties, co-ed baby showers...you get the point.
We have plenty of things that we "have to" do everyday. Exercise your right to choosing your recreation.
My back hurts....
Buddy only did what he W-ed.
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