Start Over

(image from Ross the intern's Blog at NBC)

While many will question taking advice from a Hawaian Shirt designer, Mad Gringo continues to offer these pearls of wisdom in an effort to alleviate the various global crises that afflict us.

Today's advice:

Start Over.

Bad hair, bird poop, missed deadlines, late to meetings, door dings, memo from the boss, traffic, no clean work shirts, spilled coffee - the morning is full of pitfalls. When these minor annoyances gang up on you and turn that smile upside down, Mad Gringo says: start over.

The research team at the Mad Gringo Institute in Key West have found no written rules against declaring a start over so it must be legal.

Not sure how to start over? Here are some suggestions from Mad Gringo.

Start walkin'. Make a beeline toward the bathroom and then just keep going right out the door. The longer the walk the better. Break a little sweat and take in all the wonders that nature or your local office park has to offer.

Grab another coffee. Make sure it's from a coffee shop that's a block or two away. While you're at it, get a People Magazine. You can spend some time imagining the editors arguing over which heart warming tale of underdogs overcoming adversity goes in each issue. Sniff.

Take a nap. (you saw this one coming, didn't you?) Head down to the lactation room and shut the door or find the nearest Barnes and Noble. 30 minutes tops. As you emerge from your light slumber feeling a bit groggy, just pretend that it's a new day.

Simple suggestions from a simple mind.

 

Go slow.

(side note - as I wrote this the first time at 8am, my computer froze and I lost everything. . .so I had to follow Mad Gringo's advice. . .start over indeed)