Wednesday, February 22, 2012

The 4 Stages of Success

This is what happens when something even remotely positive occurs in my life. 

Stage 1:  I jump up and down with joy.


Stage 2:  I most likely have an asthma-panic-attack from all the excitement, and also the pollution in Western North Carolina, but mostly the excitement.


Stage 3:  As the initial high wears off, I am consumed by self-doubt and self-loathing.


Stage 4:  Then somehow, I turn the self-doubt and self-loathing into a post.


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Fun Fact:  Ari originally drafted this post for me because I had been complaining about knowing I was procrastinating but still being unable to stop procrastinating.  I added the drawings and changed the wording to be more in my own style.  For Stage 2, this is what he wrote: 

"Have an asthma attack and immediately retreat to my Neti."

How do you retreat to a neti pot?  Now I'm imagining myself living in my neti pot like some sort of genie.

6 comments:

  1. Oh yes, just like me, except add chronic nervous diahhrea and spontaneous crying!

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  2. Ooooh, Kelly, we're practically twins!

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  3. Amen sister. I gave up on success a few years back, after law school etc. the pressure was just getting to be too much. I mean, once you succeed, people almost expect you to succeed consistently, which is what gets me. So I said screw this career goals bullshit, I much prefer to just carry on living by my own measures of success: I peeled an orange leaving the skin in one long piece - SUCCESS!!

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  4. wow Haley - you nailed it with this post. Yep - I feel your pain.

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  5. Wait, your Neti pot has a lid? Mine doesn't have a lid. :(
    If it did, I probably wouldn't end up with half of it splashed down the front of my shirt.

    Great post, btw. Loved your time travel one too. The shame of blogging. ;)

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