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Wednesday Wonder
The middle certainly is an awkward place to be, as Jimmy Eat World has so perfectly harmonized. The first part of the workweek is over, which signifies a plan of action for the remaining half.
What will we do?
And while this inquisitive notion may appear aimless and elementary, it’s elevated to something quite profound when we pause to realize that this is 48 hours (that’s a long time!) of our lives each week that will be either exhausted with unforgettable memories or remembered as a blur of, well, just a blur of whatever. Friday and Saturday are the universal days of imagination and hopefulness, but why is that? Randomness is one of the most beautifully wonderful forces and Wednesday and it’s fellow mellow days should be privy to this unbridled excitement and wild passion.
Do you ever consider that something incredible can happen on Monday or Tuesday night, but that because it’s a Monday or Tuesday night, that there’s some sort of invisible societal ceiling restricting this excitement from bursting into the night sky?
Yes, we have work in the morning. Yes, we have our routines.
No, this still doesn’t feel right.
Why are we limiting ourselves of our best, most adventurous moments to only two days a week? This blog is absolutely not calling for a seven-day-a-week party, but just to imagine something more out of a “normal” day. Let’s start in the singular sense. When these five days are added up, that’s 120 hours of our time with a few hours of curious opportunity each day. Because maybe, just maybe, the one time you do, you’ll see, meet, do or surprise yourself in ways that illuminate your perspective with colors and a vision you can’t believe you’d been missing all this time.
No legen – (wait for it) dary story has ever started with, “So, I went to work early today” or “I worked late at work today.”
If you play your cards right, you may find the queen of hearts among the king and all of his men.
A wolf gang, if you will.
Dance Like It’s Wednesday!
Today is a random Wednesday in mid-August, so go ahead and break a move or two…
Happiness is beautifully addictive!
Finding That Killer Instinct
“I got soul, but I’m not a soldier”
The power of the written word as expressed though music is completely unsurprising. Not a new revelation at all, but this obvious observation does not diminish the inspiring and revealing nature of a perfectly-crafted phrase sung for, to and from the heart.
As a talking camel strutting through a busy American office would ask right about now, “guess what day it is?”
Wednesday is the most confusing day of the week. It’s not near the beginning (uggh) or near the end (yay!), but smack down in the middle. Thankfully, that song lyric above is the quintessential answer to this mid-week dilemma. Monday and Tuesday, yes, we are relentless “soldiers” for our jobs and our companies. However, once the first sign of light starts to break on the horizon over that tall stack of papers (literal or figurative), that warm, comforting glow is a guiding force that we again need to embrace our adventurous and random side for the end of the week and of the weekend ahead.
Below is a list of 7 things to do today or this evening as a reminder that “I got soul, but I’m not a soldier.”
Here we go:
- Go to a local farmer’s market and buy food you’ve never cooked before and try your hand at it
- Break out into a dance with a friend/friends on a street or walkway with people around for 10 seconds
- Blast music from your car (sans profanity or vulgar material) with entertaining bravado
- Sit outside on a park bench (weather permitting) and read a good book
- Always, always read and spread the awesomeness of Jimmy’s Daily Planet!!
- Go to a bar in a nice restaurant and secretly pay the tab of a couple in love
- Watch the abridged video below for visual motivation from the killer source of this post
After all, isn’t it about ‘all these things that we’ve done’?
What Day is it Again?
Within this rhyming poem are the clues that reveal my specific location.
So many options, which one did I choose?
Of course, it’s the place with the golden views
An adventure for sure, there is no doubt,
the wonderful destination is at the end of the route
The weather is not cold, I will give you that,
the ride may get bumpy, so keep hold of your hat
The deliberate paths don’t ease the confusion,
of fearing the worst: eternal seclusion
Those before you had to do the same,
which is crouching down like the Hunchback of Notre Dame
The darkness proves to be no friend at all,
so be sure to keep your hand on the wall…
And now, without further adieu, I am…
in the Great Pyramid of Giza!
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