friday.10.february.2023
inspiration station
the best we can
If you're like me, we should ourselves constantly. I should do this and I should do that, and why don't I do that, and when will I get to this? Truthfully, the self-pressure makes me batty.

  • I should take more Italian classes.
  • I should do sit-ups and pushups daily.
  • I should keep in better touch with my aging aunts & uncles.
  • I should get a new couch.
  • I should spend less time using electronics and more time reading.
  • I should, should, should ______________ (fill in the blank)

Do you know I dislike walking through a Home Depot store. Why? Because I look around at ALLLLL the many potential projects to which our 26-year-old house needs attention. C'mon, I only came in to get a special light bulb for our pantry - bag it and let me outta here. Walking those aisles only makes me feel inadequate that I do not have the time or energy to deal with DIY home projects. (That's what my cousin, Jimmy Mossa, is for! LOL)

Snippeteers, we are only ONE PERSON. Most of us have multiple spinning plates in the air. We play many roles in life. We do A LOT.

Trying to get to all the things we should do is exhausting. And sometimes, when it involves others (i.e., we should do that or this for them), means we end up putting other people's lives before our own, even ensuring their needs are met before ours.

Are you doing something because you want to or because you should?

So if you fail to dash off that one birthday card out of the last 11 straight months of sending them to friends and family - so what? If you do not redesign your entire kitchen this week, oh well. If you can't get to planting a tomato garden in your yard this spring, then go buy them at the market.

Let's all relieve a little pressure from ourselves, eh? The Should Police are not writing you a ticket and are here to say ... you are doing enough.

Let's just all do the best we can.

snippeteer backtalk:
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~ Michele in Maryland

"I come from a family of criers!! My boys have always thanked me for giving them the crying gene, especially when they were on a movie date. My grandmother used to say we had 'our bladders very close to our eyes.' The part that used to bother me was when my frustration would bring me near to tears, which made me less effective in getting my point across. Thanks again for your snippeting."
~ Joanne in New York

"Now I know why I have lost some weight. Won’t be for long. I have handed the problem to Jesus."
~ Nancy in Maryland

"Yep, you are right … I need a good cry!"
~ Phyllis in Maryland

"I cannot tell you how aptly timed your column is."
~ Ellen in Maryland

"If only I could cry more easily and often ~ it’s cleansing and cathartic. I’m always grateful when I can."
~ Susan in Florida 

"Perfect timing once again with your advice!"
~ Jeanie in Massachusetts
prayer flares

FOR Terry Shea McDonald's soul - and FOR her family

FOR the trail meds to be working for a snippeteer; for a clear scan Monday

FOR the victims and families of the earthquake in Turkey

queen of quotes

never deflect a compliment

judgmental judy
in the case of ... just help already,
no time to be your best bud
gavel
All rise. Order in the court!

Judgmental Judy is a very busy lady. And although sometimes she needs to open up a chat window on a company's website to ask for assistance for a specific issue or tech question, she really does not have time to be best buddies with the Chat Rep.

Just get to it already please? Read the description the Judge typed, and just help to solve it - quickly. Move on. No need to RETYPE what The Judge just typed in the line above. It is, after all, right there before your eyes.

"And how are you today? And who do I have the pleasure of speaking with today? And how is your day going? And we do thank you for being a steady customer. And how was your weekend? So, what I hear you saying is that you're having trouble changing a payment method and you'd like to get that resolved - is that it?"

YES. Yes! That is it, that is what Judgmental Judy just explained. Could we just get to the heart of it already? Nevermind about the weekend.

Please, chat person, wherever you are in the world, could you please just solve the issue, and close up this not-so-fun little chat window asap? Judgmental Judy does not wish to exchange niceties, talk about how her day is, discuss weekend plans, and spit out otherwise banal chitchat like the impending snow forecast.

She does not wish to be your new invisible best friend!

Judgmental Judy bangs her gavel on "chatty" CHAT company reps who drag out the "chat" way beyond the time needed to solve it. Who want to squeeze in one last sentence instead of closing the chat. Thanks for the help, but say 'BYE-BYE!' The Judge is in quick search of that tiny X in the corner, thus ruining all chances of making a new best bud on the Internet. Sorry, but she cannot be your pal right now.

Case closed. Court adjourned.

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