Wait, what?
Ok, I'll understand if you look at the title of this post, decide that I'm bat shit crazy, and leave. But I hope you won't until you've read the very cool story of how Twitter changed two lives last night.
It all started very innocently. I checked my followers list for people to follow back. I noticed Twitter's 'Similar to You" list and took a look. Surprised by the fabulous company they placed me in, I tweeted "Just checked out my "similar to you" list. Wow. Twitter thinks I'm way cooler than I really am!"
@NaturalWrite promptly replied that I had it all backwards -- That Twitter knows I'm cooler than I think I am. And then @AEIGratitude tweeted that she was calling Bullshit on the idea that I'm not cool. These are people whose opinions I've come to value.
So, for some reason, rather than following my normal MO of dismissing compliments with the thought, “oh, they're just being nice,” I looked around at my life. Ok, I don't have it all together yet. But in October, I bought a black glittery skeleton and dressed her in a tutu and a little fur jacket. I've learned to put beads in my hair. I know a thing or three about feng shui. Objectively, I think I have to say that I'm not completely UNcool.
And then I realized – it was the mean kids. You know the ones. The kids in school who say that you're ugly and your mom dresses you funny. They were still there. Mumble mumble years after Junior High, their voices were still in my head, convincing me that I'm a loser.
And that really pissed me off. How dare they live in my head, rent free, for mumble mumble years, poisoning my thoughts?
So I evicted them!
And I feel sooo much better!
Even more spectacular, @AEIGratitude decided that some voices in her head needed to go too. So she fired them!
Is there a voice in YOUR head that needs an eviction notice (or a pink slip)?
Kick 'em out!
And I'd love to hear about it in the comments.
Holy shit, how did I miss this?? Yes, I gotta tell you, that was a really cool experience. Do you know, the tightening of my stomach hasn't come back still???? I mean, this is something I lived with every day, all the time, and it's just gone! I'm going to rip up that pink slip (maybe today, depending on time) and use it in my next art journaling process. Cannot wait, and SO glad that you didn't dismiss the compliments. I think you're a bad ass & love that we 'met' through Twitter ;-)
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