Suspension of disbelief - this is one thing I am really good at. Lars is even better. While I spent my childhood pretending my miserable world wasn’t so miserable, Lars found a way to do the same as an adult, and find his way out the other side. Sweet movie, and well worth catching while in the theaters.
Suspension of disbelief is hard to do sometimes, but you don’t even notice you do it at other times. I willingly suspended disbelief when I made up a reason to apply for that last job, because I chose to believe it was set up for success. Contrarily, I also choose to ignore good news on occasion. Last week I sat in a Vice President’s office with my boss, and it was only when I heard them both say, in unison, “Don’t be so negative,” that I realized I was thinking negatively about something that didn’t deserve it.
What a friggin’ wakeup call - to hear the two people in the company upon whom I am most dependent for raises and interesting opportunities tell me to think more positively. I’m taking this feedback seriously, although this is one of those moments in which I wish I found Avoidance by Twinkie more attractive.
Still on my business trip, I’m finding it easy to choose to eat only the best, but hard to stop at normally full. That’s not quite true, I suppose it’s more that I eat a bit, then will eat again before I’m strongly hungry. It’s not a problem (I can stop any time I like - LOL) but I have noticed it. Two more days of work, then a day’s travel and I’m back home.
