Playing the Big Money Game
Today while having my yearly evalation with my employer, he commented several times "Are you in or are you out". I believe the question was more rhetorical, but it made me think about all the times we make decisions.
Some decisions are made laborious and some decisions are made on the spur of the moment. Some won't really matter ten minutes, two day, or even ten years from now. What am I going to eat for dinner? Should I put my resume out and start looking for that next rung on the corporate ladder? My next car is going to be a ......(fill in the blank).
Other decisions will, and can, have life changing effects on us. Some of those changes can be almost immediant. Do I go take that final? Do I go on a second date with him when I don't find myself attracted to him? Is this the place I want to live at this point in my life? Some of these decisions can be critical....Do I quit my job to do what I really want to do. Do I sacrifice and do without to achieve a dream of ...(again, fill in the blank)?
Sometimes it is fun to spend the day doing fun, uncomplicated things. It allows us to smile, enjoy, and not take life so seriously. Something my spouse tends to lecture me about. I am trying to remember that everything isn't life and death.
When I use to work in plumbing showrooms several years ago, I would get so frustrated with these homeowners that would come in and need to select faucets, tubs, sinks, and toilets for SEVERAL bathrooms. Oh, and don't forget the kitchen and the 5 minibars throughout the house...OK, that was kind of tongue in cheek :). After working through a couple of bathrooms, I would find myself day dreaming as the homeowner (usually a woman) would stress completely out about what lavatory faucet to put in bathroom C and what the finish would be. Sometimes just this simple selection could take hour upon hour.
I would fantasize saying to her, with a smile of course,"You aren't curing cancer, and you aren't burying a child....you are selecting a FAUCET! It can be changed later if you grow tired of it". The truth is that rarely when an entire home is finished, does someone come in and say "You know, I still hate that faucet in Bathroom C". It just doesn't happen because the homeowner is looking at the big picture!
I wish I was really good at following my own advice. I fail on a regular basis to LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE. I can't see past my personal problems to see that they don't matter. It isn't life and death. And to quote Dr. Phil, I tell those around me, both family and coworkers, "Do I want to always be right, or do I want to be happy?"
So I guess where I'm going with all of this is, did you guess wrong and lose a car on a game show? Not life changing. It was fun. It is a memory made and something you can share with your kids, grand kids and great grand kids (as long as the C.D. player isn't discontinued) OR Did you take a chance, give up a sure thing job to do what you love?
Chill out. I know it seems bad today....been there, done that. But in the grand scheme of things, will you even remember this two days or ten years from now. And have the common sense to KNOW what is a game changer and what is a time changer.
Want to see my Walk of Fame or should that be Shame? I act goofy and am shaking and on the verge of crying like a baby - particularly when I spun the Big Wheel for the Showcase Showdown, but it wasn't life changing. Winning a little bit of prize money just fun...good old fun.
Here's the link to one of my NON life important moments when I chose the wrong number....No need to wish about what might have been. It was a game, lots of people dream of being in my shoes for those few moments of fame.
Enjoy and don't beat me up to bad with the comments....I KNOW what a goofball I look like. Sorry to those in Ft. Worth that I embarrassed with my over the top accent :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2QrzcXvGzw&feature=BFa&list=FLuHqmws2_aUyYcwq3x4HbKw
The Price Is Right Taped October 29, 2008 in Los Angelos
Good Night and Hugs to You All!
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