Posted by
MouthyGirl on 11/23/2009 |
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It’s the holiday season, the time of year when everyone is supposed to be on their best behavior and put up with the most crap from people. Drunk relatives at dinner on the holiday, relatives in jail on the holiday, gossipers, mean spirited people, they all need love during the holidays.
Regardless of the dysfunction in your own family, it’s good form to swallow your pride, show up and smile and make like you like these people. They are after all the reason you are the way that you are, and we’re proud of that aren’t we?
So go ahead and use this post as your personal purge place of all that is your holiday irritation. Something happen every holiday that you’re not looking forward too? We’ll comfort you, share here, we all have that one thing that we know will happen that really gets under our skin.
I’ll start. Growing up, my Mom didn’t express a lot of care, affection or any of that sort of gushiness you expect from mothers that love their kids to death. However, the grandkids are a different story, they get love, gushiness, the whole ball of wax. It grosses me out. I’m glad for the kids, they need it and should have it, so it’s great that she does it for them, I just can’t help but wonder if it’s an act to be accepted.
It just grosses me out. Your turn.
Tags: affection, best behavior, crap, family, grandkids, holiday season, holidays, Love, mom, pride, purge, relatives, thanksgiving, time of year, tongue
Posted by
MouthyGirl on 09/15/2009 |
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Everyone by now has heard about Kanye taking the mic from Taylor Swift at the awards on Sunday, and if you haven’t, google it. 
We all know this isn’t the first time Kanye West has looked like a complete douchebag. But we’ve all met people like him before haven’t we? Doesn’t it seem like there are a lot of Kanye’s in this world? That guy at the office that takes all the credit for ideas, regardless of whose they were; or the kissass that gets no work done but the boss can’t see that for the lips on their ass; or the girl that calls in sick or has an excuse to get out of working at least one day a week, but they manage to hold on to their job.
How do you maintain confidence without recognition for your own hard work? Someone needs to recognize that you’re doing a good job right? We thrive on praise and love attention as human beings, we need the feedback. But do you just quit if the recognition or praise eludes you? I don’t think so.
The reality is that most often, you won’t get recognized for the hard work that you do, but does that mean you stop working hard? For some people that’s exactly what it means. Don’t let that be you. Take pride in the work that you do, do it right. It doesn’t matter what kind of work, housework, schoolwork, paid work, whatever – do it right. It benefits you to know you did the best that you could, when you put out your best effort, regardless of external recognition, you know you work hard.
It’s easier to walk with your head held high for the right reasons than it is to walk around with false bravado, acting like you’re the shit without being able to back it up. Just like your Mom always told you, don’t worry so much about everyone else, worry about you. Pat yourself on the back when you’ve successfully pulled off a project, treat yourself when your presentation goes well, but don’t stop giving it your all because someone else is stealing your glory.
If you’re gonna have an ego, at least be deserving.
Tags: boss, confidence, douchebag, ego, excuse, false bravado, good job, kanye west, kissass, pride, schoolwork, taylor swift
