Thank you, Youtube, for this utter rhyming dictionary randomness. This is so unrelated but I wanted to share.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ve8pt1bkwQ&feature=related
Recently a friend told me I had so/too many interests. Due to my quite possible undiagnosed ADD, I don’t function well unless there are several things going on. I need multiple projects at work, a handful of songs or poems in development, at least two books partially read on my nightstand, 500 albums on my iPod and a magazine to scan while I’m watching television. Ok, so maybe the last one’s an exaggeration (Nothing can distract me from Law & Order: SVU), but the rest holds true.
Bored is a strong and potentially offensive word, but I get distracted easily. There are so many random things that catch my interest and hold it for a little while. Rather than work solely on one thing that may blow up in my face, listen to one album to the point of hating every single note or missing out on things of interest because my core of friends isn’t interested, I do my best to do it all.
I think doing it all, or at least trying it all, is great. If something sounds interesting, try it. As long as there aren’t potential negative lasting effects and it’s legal, I say go for it. Hate it? Never do it again. Love it? Rave about it and recruit new participants for the next time.
So many of us are worried about getting out of our comfort zone that we avoid even the remotely foreign. I am an uptight, well-spoken professional who loves Josh Groban and wineries who also sings in an r&b band, has two tattoos and wants a red Harley. Rather than fit a ‘mold’, I’ve decided to just do what I want.
My diversity of dedications has introduced me to wide range of people and things. I essentially have different groups of friends for different activities. Rather than feel a need to succumb to the crowd in every situation, I find a new crowd headed in the direction I want to go for the moment. This is not to say that I have bad or boring friends. It’s just that not everyone likes the same things. And until I find a group of people that like all of the same music, movies, food and activities, I do, I’ll count my blessings for being able to switch (always eventually coming back to the core).
This attitude of do and try it all comes with its drawbacks. Sometimes you agree or sign up for too much because it’s either hard for you to keep track of everything else you’ve agreed to do or have a problem saying no because the person asking doesn’t understand everything else on your self-serve plate. Sometimes because I tried this I also feel the need to try that, just to be fair. But as long as I can time manage and afford to do all of the things I’m trying, I think I’m golden.
I’m either hopelessly lost or perfectly imbalanced. But either way, I enjoy my diversity of dedications: work, music, people, food, a crazy cockapoo, tattoos, shoes, clothes, books, and the list goes on and on.
Enjoying the randomness,
Jo’van
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