It's true, I'm a fully formed, tastefully-appointed Black male. In spite of this, I have viewed an episode or two of Seinfeld in my day. On one particular episode George had an epiphany...he reminisced on a long streak of past failures and decided from that point on to do the opposite of what he would normally do in a given situation where he previously would not prevail. Which leads to this weeks social experiment...
I have no idea where I obtained this "gift" for over thinking. An ex girlfriend said that I had an anxiety problem...maybe, i think I just inherited my fathers journalistic spirit and penchant for finding drama or story lines in anything. That, combined with my tendency to "try not to lose" instead of desiring to win has me feeling lately like I'm not living up to my WAVY potential. A good friend of mine said it best (Quoted for dramatic effect)"...over-analysis kills me every time. It's disgusting. It's that same thought process over and over, repeated in a circle that'll show an infinite amount of flaws once action is actually set in motion. Like " damn, this was easier than I thought."(Thanks Dan!) That right there people is Real Talk...I have been MASSIVELY guilty of thinking and analyzing my way out of situations where I had a great chance to succeed.
So...for the next 2 weeks, I'm going to adopt a full risk taking mentality...where I would normally weigh the pros and cons, I'm just going to DO. If I'm in a scenario that seems familiar, I'm going to do the opposite of what I would have done in the past. I'll update regarding the results in exactly two weeks...I have a few things "pending" that this could apply to. Until then..."Kobe, how does my ass taste?"- Shaq
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