I am so sixteen inside
Or maybe it's twelve. Sometimes, it's hard for me to tell which.
Example: Not long after arriving in Albany last Wednesday, I had to phone into a podcast show (more on that in another post). My room wasn't ready yet, and the hotel lobby was too loud for the call, so I asked one of the desk clerks where I might find a quiet space. He sent me to a lower floor which was, he assured me, "a ghost town."
It was indeed a whole lot of empty space. No one was in any of its many meeting rooms.
Those rooms had, however, very recently hosted some sort of motivational/organizational meetings. Flip boards and cork boards and whiteboards sported all sorts of generic terms and sayings. The room I chose for the call featured this bit of seminar detritus.
After I finished the call, the juvenile me found the board irresistible. I grabbed a marker, and a few minutes later, I left the room with the board sporting a new message.
I told you: sixteen, or maybe twelve.
11 comments:
The tags on this one made me burst out laughing in my office.
I'm glad I can be of amusement.
I am forwarding this post to my boss and daring him to do better at his business conference next week. He will soooo enjoy the humor!
- old aggie
I'll hope he does!
wow, I love the first letters message! I'm not one to like or to know how to play office politics. Perhaps this is one reason I am presently unemployed... (I do love humor though, and I have my own "I am SO a kid" moments)
Thanks for the kind words. I suspect my attitude is one of the many reasons I started my first company when I was 25.
Its wonderful that you had such a great outlook, attitude and such confidence at age 25! I am getting a chance for a new beginning at age 57, and don't think its ever too late. Wish me luck!
I think I was delusional at 25, but it worked out. I definitely believe it's never too late to change. Good luck!
Thanks for your kind words and well-wishes. I got a degree in chemical engineering because that was what my parents wanted. The classes were interesting, but my interests were more in medicine and the arts. I managed to "scratch the itch" by getting an EMT-B, creating artwork, performing w/ the Baton Rouge Gilbert and Sullivan Society and playing in the Raleigh Concert Band for awhile. In the last few years, I have begun writing poetry, writing songs, and doing artwork that can also be used in design. Now its finding my niche and working hard towards my goals.
I wish you every success!
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