For anyone that has followed my work, or knows me well, they know that I have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Anyone who's like this knows how annoying it is not being to do anything without everything being in place, but it has its benefits. For one thing, you're usually always tidy. And another thing about having OCD is that you never lose or misplace anything. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case on Monday as I had one of the stupidest moments of my life happen. Looking back, it was so bad, it's not even stupid anymore; it's laughable.
On Monday, I went for a morning run/walk like I usually do that if time and weather permit it. The day started off normally, besides the fact it was snowing outside. It stunk, but around here, it's expected and I've exercised in bad weather before, so it wasn't that much of an issue. I was just about to leave, but as soon as I locked the door, I realized I made a huge mistake; I locked myself outside without my keys and no cell phone! The cell phone wasn't as big of an issue since I never carry it in my workout gear, but my keys were essential because without them, I couldn't get back into my house to do anything. No one else was home, so I tried going to my neighbors and tenants, but they were all gone, so I had to spend a few hours at my friends place. Usually, I'm there all the time and it's not a problem, but I wasn't planning on going over. So now, everything was inconvenient for me. But I got myself into the situation, so now I had to get myself out.
I went to my friend's place, and luckily, he was there, so I could get out of the cold. Normally, it would have been easy to call my dad, but since I didn't have my phone, I didn't have his work number. And I needed that to call my sister who was the only one that could help me out. I wasn't sure what to do, so I tried looking up his department's number online, since he works at a hospital, but it was confusing, and I kept getting messages, so that was frustrating. Eventually, I reached him, but he didn't know when my sister was coming back, so long story short, I ran back and forth between blocks in the snow for hours until it was the afternoon and I finally got back in the house. I feel dumb/stupid for locking myself out in the first place, but I feel even worst for not handling it to the best of my ability, which often happens when one is in a crisis. I wish I could say that this will never happen again, but the next day, I left my keys in the door. Luckily, my sister noticed it and saved me for a second day. All I can say is lesson learned. I feel a lot more humble.
Friday, January 9, 2015
Saturday, January 3, 2015
Instagram, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Return to Social Media
HAPPY NEW YEAR, everybody! It took much longer than I anticipated, but I'm back blogging like I eventually said I would be. I should explain what I mean, though...
Months ago, back in September, I wrote my first blog post since the summer, proclaiming like Michael Jordan and LeBron James that I was back and ready to get back to blogging/writing I was excited because I felt like the time off had helped me recharge my creative juices, and there was so much going on in the world to inspire me. But then life happened and I got distracted. I had to apply to jobs (which I'm still doing), save up paying for loans, attend family events, etc. It was busy and tiresome, so I lacked the energy to write consistently. And it's like I've said in the past. If I can't give it my all, I won't do it at all, so I held off on writing, putting my blog in jeopardy. If I was done blogging, I had nothing to be ashamed of, since I went farther than I ever expected with it, from all the posts I've done, to all the readers I've gotten. Not to mention, I am trying to write a novel, so it's best to focus on one piece of work. Yes, after thinking about it, I thought my blog was history.
But then something changed. The past few months, while looking for jobs, I kept thinking about one thing my teacher told me during my last year of college, which was how important networking was. She meant it in the professional sense because the more people you know, the better chance you have of landing a job, but I thought it applied well to life also. In the past, I've thought of social media as negative because of how useless and invasive I thought it was, and how repetitive all the different platforms seemed, among other things. Now that I've thought about it, though, I can see I was a little mistaken. It does have aspects of the negativity I felt for it, but it has its positives. Through Facebook and now Instagram (which I installed yesterday), I've connected with my friends and people I care about in more ways than one. Yes, I always prefer real life or personal contact, but it's nice to see the different ways they express themselves, like through pictures since it gives me a chance to learn about them and keep in contact, which is obviously harder as we get older in life. Part of me is still skeptical and even a little worried about social media, but I'm willing to try it out, if not for me, than for people I care about and the potential it can have on me. It'll still be awhile until I see true results, but I can see some progress already.
There's no guarantee I can write on this blog consistently with life being the way it is, but I'll try.
P.S, My Instagram name is matttoy6 for those who are interested.
Months ago, back in September, I wrote my first blog post since the summer, proclaiming like Michael Jordan and LeBron James that I was back and ready to get back to blogging/writing I was excited because I felt like the time off had helped me recharge my creative juices, and there was so much going on in the world to inspire me. But then life happened and I got distracted. I had to apply to jobs (which I'm still doing), save up paying for loans, attend family events, etc. It was busy and tiresome, so I lacked the energy to write consistently. And it's like I've said in the past. If I can't give it my all, I won't do it at all, so I held off on writing, putting my blog in jeopardy. If I was done blogging, I had nothing to be ashamed of, since I went farther than I ever expected with it, from all the posts I've done, to all the readers I've gotten. Not to mention, I am trying to write a novel, so it's best to focus on one piece of work. Yes, after thinking about it, I thought my blog was history.
But then something changed. The past few months, while looking for jobs, I kept thinking about one thing my teacher told me during my last year of college, which was how important networking was. She meant it in the professional sense because the more people you know, the better chance you have of landing a job, but I thought it applied well to life also. In the past, I've thought of social media as negative because of how useless and invasive I thought it was, and how repetitive all the different platforms seemed, among other things. Now that I've thought about it, though, I can see I was a little mistaken. It does have aspects of the negativity I felt for it, but it has its positives. Through Facebook and now Instagram (which I installed yesterday), I've connected with my friends and people I care about in more ways than one. Yes, I always prefer real life or personal contact, but it's nice to see the different ways they express themselves, like through pictures since it gives me a chance to learn about them and keep in contact, which is obviously harder as we get older in life. Part of me is still skeptical and even a little worried about social media, but I'm willing to try it out, if not for me, than for people I care about and the potential it can have on me. It'll still be awhile until I see true results, but I can see some progress already.
There's no guarantee I can write on this blog consistently with life being the way it is, but I'll try.
P.S, My Instagram name is matttoy6 for those who are interested.
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