All is NOT lost: Use frustration to your advantage.

Music, Poetry, Running, Song 2 Minutes

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I could:

Scream.

Kick something.

Scream AND kick something!

Excuse me, beloveds, whilst I have a brief but immensely satisfying, virtual temper tantrum…

Whew!

It was either throw a virtual temper tantrum or throw my laptop over the balcony railing…*pout*.

I have been working on the first piece I am planning to upload to YouTube.

I pressed record. I spoke. For 30 some odd minutes.

I exported said recording. I played it back to make sure all the captions showed…*sigh*.

All was well for 13 minutes.

13 minutes?! Surely not?😳😤

Surely, sadly, the next 17 minutes were greeted with silence as the rest of the 📹 video image continued to roll.

I tried everything that I didn’t know to find 17 minutes worth of lost words and emotions.

Heckamiah Jeremiah! Crap!!!!! OMG!!!

The story of my damned life this last year!!…*stamps foot*.

I decided to use the energy from my mad 😡 to work on a piece to encourage folk when they have lost WORDS THEY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND FOR A BLASTED YEAR AND NOW THEY ARE GONE LIKE THE JOB I NO LONGER HAVE AND EMPTY BANK ACCOUNT LAUGHING IN MY

BROKE FACE!!

I am learning not to live in my feels. I am learning  to not waste too much time lamenting over what I have lost.

I am learning to reframe loss. This was just another practice session. This was an opportunity to learn the software. This was a chance to see that I COULD speak, extemporaneous, for 30 minutes.

The ONLY way to learn is to go ahead and learn.

I am learning HOW. I am learning how to be PATIENT as I learning.

I AM learning. That’s the point, isn’t it? I can’t give out what I haven’t received for myself.

Be encouraged. Use ALL your day to make your day. Even the frustrating portions.

I promised myself I wouldn’t stop until I learned. I have. I’ve done my try. I have put in another day’s of working on my dreams. This is enough for me.

I’m fixing to reward myself with some sausage and cheese sandwiches. Who is up for a snack?

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: The old me would have raged and pouted for days. I would have had a pity party and ate my way through a bag of Doritos. I would have stayed from the computer for days. Life is much too short for THAT foolishness.

I am learning to enjoy lemonade making!

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

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