THOUGHTS: Genius

Genius cannot be recognized in a people pleaser. You cannot flex your genius skills when you're constantly attempting to please the people around you. They will not understand you. They are not supposed to. So get over it as soon a you can. Please.

THOUGHTS: "I find it hard enough dealin with my own biz"

Last week, I was in traffic, behind a car with a bumper sticker telling me that their son is a Marine. Okay. I'm very proud of you. I really can't say enough about the sacrifice our armed forces make. Here's the thing....... I don't care. I don't care who is a Marine and who isn't. I don't care if your kids an honor student or if you're involved in Franklin youth hockey. I don't know you and I don't need to know anything about you. What if I just walked up to you and said "I cut hair."?

I've been taught my whole life to mind my business. It was a golden rule in my house. That and don't rat on people unless it was life or death. Fast forward 15 years and every half-wit with a qwerty keyboard is telling you how hey feel about the lady in line at the bank, their coffee, their breakfast and how sucky their life is.

Every reality tv show is up in someone's life, airing laundry. Their business is on blast for everyone to observe. C'mon.

I'm trying to be the man my pops raised while being bombarded by a bizarre bevy of business that isn't mine.

Stop. Please.

THOUGHTS: "The death of me"

Have you ever heard someone say something like, "Oh my God, these stupid shoes are gonna be the death of me!"
Are you sure? The shoes might kill you? How's that? And why do you say it with such a medieval flair? "The death of me" Of who? Oh,you? Whoa. Don't die! Please don't let those shoes make you die.

You're metaphorically dying from too much awesome stuff and others are dying from hunger.


Just sayin

THOUGHTS: Have You Seen My Creativity?

I tapped this out on my phone a couple weeks ago. I just found it. Thought it was pretty funny.

"Creativity is on the otherside of this wall. This wall, right here. I can hear it and envision it but I can't touch it. The wall is too thick. All my responsibilities and desires are thickly woven together to form a barrier. I'm still on this side. Not because I choose the side but because I incessantly add new pieces to the wall. I make no time for fun. I. me. Not her. Not you. I wish life was less boring routine and more fun but who made my life this way? I did. I chose this over that and that over this for a few years now and have landed myself in a rigid box.

I will now destroy this box. I will destroy it with my anger and self-worth. I need a new perspective before I pull an Alexander supertramp. All that's left is a crummy photo and an in-depth journal that doctors will study and share theories on the path my brain went. They'll say brain but it's MIND and we all know that.

I keep spurring on wih the notion that someday, I'll have time for my dreams." .

THOUGHTS: Hyper-Trippin

I have never done acid. In all of my strange past it never happened. But a few of my friends did and they used to talk about hyper-tripping, which I guess is putting acid in your eye. You trip fast and hard. The highs are really high and the lows are super low.

In order to put LSD straight in your eye, you have to be in a place where you want to change NOW. Right now. No question. You can't be sort of sure about acid in your eyeball. It's an all in mentality.

So far I liken my 30's to a hyper-trip. I wanted a change. So within 18 mos, I got married, opened a barbershop, had a baby and as I write this, am buying a house. I went from no responsibilities to all responsibilities possible for a man.

When it's going good, it's glorious. When it's bad, it's awful. So much is riding on every decision and it can get tense. But I'll tell you one thing: life is awesome since I adopted this "Geronimo" state of mind. Just jump off the cliff. Do it. I didn't do the acid, but I'll take a calculated risk any day.

*most of this is only because my awesome wife pushes me on