Last night, I indulged in one of my new favorite treats – a Frappucino from Starbucks. (Thanks Jaz for the new indulgence! I'm hooked)
What a sweet, decadent treat to have… and with the added bonus of about 3 hours of turbo-charging for no additional cost! After drinking my dessert at 8:00 last night, I found my brain engaged for hours… and hours… and hours.
Until almost 2 AM to be exact! Which got me thinking…
Why is it that we indulge in these sweet addictions?
I mean, I am just fine if I don't have a Starbucks for weeks at a time, but once I have one, the cravings set in and I find it hard to drive by without pulling in for a "fix." And it's not just Starbucks… I'm sure you have other addictions as well.
In college, mine was a Peanut Buster Parfait from Dairy Queen. (I'm seeing a trend here…) I used to have those for lunch on the days I needed my fix.
Another "sweet" addiction of mine is watching television. I mean, really, how many hours can I waste watching things that add no value to my life and contribute little to nothing to my intellectual development? But there I am, glued to the Bachelorette, watching and waiting to see who she will choose. I guess it's fascinating to watch other people's lives (fictional or not) but lately I have been trying hard to break this addiction.
Turning the TV off (or never turning it on!) and reading a book, working on a project, or just hanging out with my hubby. Who would've thought?!?
Addictions…. they make us feel good for a while…. they fill a void with their sugary goodness, but like any candy bar, they are gone all too soon, leaving us with that longing for more. The hunger that never seems to be satisfied.
Hmmm…. Starbuck's anyone?

For those of us in the Atlanta metro area rainstorms are an opportunity to raise our voices in praise and thanksgiving. This "100 Year Drought" we are suffering through has me watching every drop of water that we use in our house. As I brush my teeth, I'm thinking about just how much water we all waste if we let the water run as we brush. As I wash clothes, I'm trying to cram as much into my washing machine to get the most use of that run of water as possible. We are waiting to run the dishwasher until it's bursting at the seams with dirty dishes (and using paper plates more often than not)

But…

The one conservation thing I can't do… I just simply CANNOT handle… is the non-flushing. The local radio stations have started this campaign, "If it's yellow, leave it mellow; if it's brown, flush it down." I am not even going to touch on the eeewwww factor of just the little slogan. But, I just can't get over this whole concept… don't flush!?! Are you serious?!?!?

That's one of the beauties of modernization (besides air conditioning, which I can't survive without) We don't have to deal with that "stuff" being left around. It's supposed to be gone when you are done! I am just so grossed out by the whole concept. LEAVE IT? ICK! How unclean it would feel to walk into a bathroom and see yellow water just as you are preparing to do your "business."

let's face it…

We all pretend like the only people who use the "potty" that we frequent is ourself. If you start to think about how many other people used it, you'd just get too creeped out. But to walk in and find something someone left behind? Just to save a few gallons of water?

NO THANK YOU!

I'll skip a shower a week, go without in some other ways… but I will not stop flushing… that's just yuk.

I listen to books on tape while I make my painstaking way down GA400 each morning. As I listened to the “book du jour” this morning, the author said something that caught my attention… He said that most of the people we work with are merely mediocre at what they do. He said to look for those who show a glimmer of excellence. Those are the people whom you want to nurture; protect from the bureaucracy and hypocricy of the workplace. Foster their growth and give them opportunities to shine. For it is this minority… the few who glimmer with excellence, who really get the work done.
I thought to myself, “How true is that?” And, I’m sure we all think we are the ones who glimmer with excellence in our workplaces, but if you really think about it, you know who those people are…. the ones who everyone looks to in a time of crisis – who GETS IT DONE when things go wrong.
Who are you? One of the mediocre… coming to work, punching a clock, doing your “time” and going home? Or do you glimmer?
For me… it depends on the day. I’d like to think I’m a glimmer-er. But, in reality, there are many days when I am not. Some days, I do just come to work and “punch the clock” until I’m freed from my prison and can race home to my family.
I wonder what the workplace would be like if we all tried to glimmer….

I listen to books on tape while I make my painstaking way down GA400 each morning. As I listened to the "book du jour" this morning, the author said something that caught my attention… He said that most of the people we work with are merely mediocre at what they do. He said to look for those who show a glimmer of excellence. Those are the people whom you want to nurture; protect from the bureaucracy and hypocricy of the workplace. Foster their growth and give them opportunities to shine. For it is this minority… the few who glimmer with excellence, who really get the work done.
I thought to myself, "How true is that?" And, I'm sure we all think we are the ones who glimmer with excellence in our workplaces, but if you really think about it, you know who those people are…. the ones who everyone looks to in a time of crisis – who GETS IT DONE when things go wrong.
Who are you? One of the mediocre… coming to work, punching a clock, doing your "time" and going home? Or do you glimmer?
For me… it depends on the day. I'd like to think I'm a glimmer-er. But, in reality, there are many days when I am not. Some days, I do just come to work and "punch the clock" until I'm freed from my prison and can race home to my family.
I wonder what the workplace would be like if we all tried to glimmer….