“The right word may be effective, but
no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.”
-Mark
Twain
I talk a lot. And fast. Sometimes I talk faster than I can think. Many people who know me offline know that when I get nervous, I talk extremely quickly with no pauses, like a fast forwarded VHS tape. Have you ever seen those Bing commercials when someone says a word, and the other person just starts spouting off everything about that word? Yeah, that's me when I'm nervous. I'll start off with one train of thought, then it derails onto something else. That's how wonderful things in life happen sometimes. That's how Pink Brass Knuckles, PBK Bartending, and some other things (that will be revealed later) have come into fruction. Other times, a trainwreck.
For example, relationships. I've been
noticing that microwaved relationships are somewhat of a trend. What
ever happened to courting before commitment? Although I don't believe
in socially-contructed timelines for relationships, I do believe that
people should know more about the person that they like before
jumping into a relationshipwith them. Back in high school, I would
talk to a guy on the phone for a few weeks before becoming his
girlfriend. We'll be broken up by the following week. When you're an
adolescent, you believe that everything has to happen quickly. You
gotta call dibs on that person before they get snatched up by someone
else, right? False. Stop rushing things. Pause and get to know this
person. If things are meant to be, then they will be.
Another example is life. As a person who loves to explore all of my talents, I'm also learning that life needs pauses also. As much as I'd like to enjoy all of this youth and swagnificence (lmao), and post how “the turn up was so real” the other night, I can't. I'm focused on so much that I simply don't have the energy to do it all. Pausing doesn't always mean standing still or stopping; it can mean redirecting your focus. Currently, my focus is passing this fucking, gosh-darned CSET. Although I'm sacrificing drinking and going out for the next three months, it's completely worth it.
As Mark Twain said, a rightly timed
pause is effective. Realizing that you can't live life off a series
of 5-Hour Evergy Drinks is one of the most important things you can
ever do. Don't burn yourself out early in life.
♥P.
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