Words!
1. What word irks you everytime you hear someone say it?
Anyway. I have no doubt that at one time this word was used as verbal shorthand for "What was I saying" or "Back to the matter at hand". Now, I rarely ever hear "Anyway" used in a way that is not rude. It has become a verbal sneer. The speaker of said word has just perceived themselves to have been interrupted or slighted in some way and "Anyway" is their weapon. That one word, mostly spoken with a snarky tone, says "How dare you. We were all focused on me just a moment ago and you just walked between me and the spotlight." Anyway has become: You don't matter to me. I am more important than you. Shut your mouth when I am talking. This is a monologue. My life is not an ensemble show. There is one star. Me.
2. What is your favorite word?
Balance
3. What does it mean?
What a great question to ponder. Really one word can mean different things to different people given time, cultural twist, experience, on and on. To me, at this moment of life, balance is what I strive for. I was raised in a house of "all or nothing". Admirable in work ethic, loyalty, and discipline. Not so helpful when applied to other areas of life. I tend to see many situations in life as a pendulum. If you swing too far one side or the other than you just are not cutting it. I try to make the movements fluid and close to center. Growing up in an environment of absolutes has made me wary of those that live that way because I have viewed that living in a life of absolutes is not healthy for anyone. If you swing the arm of the pendulum too far out you might cut the people around you and do damage you didn't intend.
4. What word do you say far too often?
More like a phrase. "No Worries". I say this far too much. I hear my pirate name is "No Worries Willy". I really should cut back but at this point it has kinda become a personal mantra. "No Worries" for me is shorthand for "Everything is gonna be okay" "We got this" "No Problem" "Next"
5. Name three words you think other people overuse:
This last week, and I am including myself in the guilty, "Winning". "Epic" and "Awesome" need to go into a timeout for awhile.
1. What word irks you everytime you hear someone say it?
Anyway. I have no doubt that at one time this word was used as verbal shorthand for "What was I saying" or "Back to the matter at hand". Now, I rarely ever hear "Anyway" used in a way that is not rude. It has become a verbal sneer. The speaker of said word has just perceived themselves to have been interrupted or slighted in some way and "Anyway" is their weapon. That one word, mostly spoken with a snarky tone, says "How dare you. We were all focused on me just a moment ago and you just walked between me and the spotlight." Anyway has become: You don't matter to me. I am more important than you. Shut your mouth when I am talking. This is a monologue. My life is not an ensemble show. There is one star. Me.
2. What is your favorite word?
Balance
3. What does it mean?
What a great question to ponder. Really one word can mean different things to different people given time, cultural twist, experience, on and on. To me, at this moment of life, balance is what I strive for. I was raised in a house of "all or nothing". Admirable in work ethic, loyalty, and discipline. Not so helpful when applied to other areas of life. I tend to see many situations in life as a pendulum. If you swing too far one side or the other than you just are not cutting it. I try to make the movements fluid and close to center. Growing up in an environment of absolutes has made me wary of those that live that way because I have viewed that living in a life of absolutes is not healthy for anyone. If you swing the arm of the pendulum too far out you might cut the people around you and do damage you didn't intend.
4. What word do you say far too often?
More like a phrase. "No Worries". I say this far too much. I hear my pirate name is "No Worries Willy". I really should cut back but at this point it has kinda become a personal mantra. "No Worries" for me is shorthand for "Everything is gonna be okay" "We got this" "No Problem" "Next"
5. Name three words you think other people overuse:
This last week, and I am including myself in the guilty, "Winning". "Epic" and "Awesome" need to go into a timeout for awhile.