A Short, Ass-Kicking Note-to-Self

Hey Erika – yeah, it’s Erika. No, not in some fucked-up Black Swan sense, but as in I Am In UR Head sense. Grab your coffee. Let’s chat.

Last night I caught you wanting to quit something. You pulled a pouty-pouty-pants routine and started with the exhausting “I suck. Fuck this” routine. Pretty.

So this morning, I’m sending you a quick note-to-self that it’s bullshit and it needs to stop.

Do you really think that anyone who is successful just wakes up one day and BAM! success? Get off the merry go round and come back to Planet Earth, because they don’t. They work at it. There are no handouts, no hall passes. There is no such thing as luck and nobody rides a golden unicorn off into the sunset holding a pile of Olympic medals. So where do you get off wanting to quit just because something was hard?

I’m going to give you a day or two to pull your head out of your ass and start practicing what you preach, else there is going to be a colossal smack-down. You’ve gone back to looking at life in terms of years instead of decades and somehow figured that self-deprecation is productive.

So I’m calling bullshit on you and hope you figure a few things out, because it’s pretty hard to be any kind of productive with your head so far up your ass. I’m going to go do fun things and you can sit there all day and do whatever. You know where to find me – I’ll be out enjoying life and smelling the beautiful California air while you have shit stuck up your nose from your head-in-ass maneuver.

Enjoy, kid. Hopefully, I’ll see you soon.

http://blog.megswriting.com/ MegCarpen

I’m tempted to print this out and stick it above my desk. I’m not in one of those moods now, but I won’t deny that they happen. And it’s always helpful to have someone remind me to pull my head out.
http://twitter.com/TabithaEdwards Tabitha Edwards

Thank you for sharing this! I can insert my name since I’ve been in this pitiful mood myself.
http://twitter.com/JohnFalchetto John Falchetto

Right on the money Erika. You are lucky to have such a nice little ‘voice’ which calls Bullshit when she sees it.
Most struggle with the other little voice which is always there and ready to say ‘poor you, its really really hard, you gave it your best, quit now.’

Quitting is easy, its living with it for ever which is a killer.
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“Quitting is easy, it’s living with it forever which is a killer.” Sometimes my readers write better things than I could ever hope to write.
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Glad to provide the entertainment at my own expense
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*Your Name Here*
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I’m having a morning where I can smell what I had for lunch yesterday. Oy.
http://twitter.com/StaceyHood Stacey Hood

You say that like it’s a bad thing, Erika. Unless you had a liquid lunch….
http://www.redheadwriting.com The Redhead

When it’s because your head is up your ass, it’s a different story…
Anonymous

I was going to make a snarky comment but I don’t think I will. Sometimes we do need a little kick in the ass to move. I am going to pull out a Sawshank Redemption quote – “Get busy living, or get busy dying.”. It’s a lot easer to give up than to keep going for sure.

Recognizing this is hard though I think. But sometimes we need those little moments of self defeat to push us harder.
http://dannybrown.me Danny Brown

Can I marry you?

I love introspective posts. It’s a sign we’re not afraid to admit that sometimes we’re full of shit, and that in the grand scheme of things, my blog writing block, or beer belly, or receding hairline isn’t too bad compared to a hungry kid, or an abused wife, or a homeless person trying to stay alive in winter.

Thanks for the reminder, miss.
http://twitter.com/StaceyHood Stacey Hood

OH..Duh. Got it now. Hang in there. We got your back.
http://twitter.com/mgchavez369 Martha G. Chavez

Erika, you’re my hero. This is just what I needed to hear today. Guess I’ll have to cancel that pity party. Thanks!
http://twitter.com/TiffanyEckhardt TiffanyEckhardt

Sorry you had such a bad morning… but glad you shared. I like MegCarpen’s idea of printing this off and posting it by my desk. I was having one of these types of moments right before I read your blog. It was the bitch slap I needed!!!!! Thanks
http://amyoscar.com Amy Oscar

Like.
http://twitter.com/jmitchem Jim Mitchem

Fuck that. Sometimes the most responsible thing you can do is to quit: http://bit.ly/fVDD5M

Love,
jm
http://www.redheadwriting.com The Redhead

You smart bastiche!
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Giving up is certainly easy. But as someone below said, ya gotta live with it forever. I’ll skip quitting. This time. And on this thing
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THANKS!
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Delighted that I could provide…
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And to think I already put down a deposit on the catering…
http://www.redheadwriting.com The Redhead

It’s a date. (And yes, I’m full of shit more times than I care to admit!) Oh god – please don’t tell your wife or girlfriend or something I’m hitting on you. I don’t want to be a catalyst for a virtual cat fight…
http://twitter.com/cherrywoodburn Cherry Woodburn

Thanks for ass-kicking. I changed Erika to Cherry, and read because am in a slump myself.
Angela

So this is just a little too freaky!! I’d swear you’d gotten inside my head the past few days and intended to kick MY ass instead of yours….and believe me, mine needed some kicking. So thank you!! Just what I needed.
http://www.redheadwriting.com The Redhead

The note is universal
http://www.redheadwriting.com The Redhead

Honestly, the note was for me. But I am always in UR head. And if you have jalapeno poppers in your head, I might be staying for awhile Thanks for stopping by, Angela!
http://www.randomshelly.com/blog/ Shelly

Offering you a virtual crowbar to help with the head removal from the ass. I am not offering the padded one, as it seems you don’t need the easy way out..
Jamiek8

Nice spanking. Good on ya.

My Grandpa always said, “It’s a great life if ya don’t weaken.”

Too true. Hope you enjoy your day as much as I’m enjoying mine. xxoo
http://www.3hatscommunications.com davinabrewer

Wow, you bitch slapped yourself. Would that I had the smarts, the energy, the cajones. Since you like other peoples’ quotes, one of my favorite movie lines .. Tom Hanks as Jimmie Dugan on baseball: “It’s supposed to be hard. If it wasn’t hard, everyone would do it. The hard… is what makes it great.” FWIW.
http://mattgivenstudios.com Matt Given

Yo Red – Since this post seems to have inspired an inspirational quote feeding frenzy, I’ll pile on:

I used to be OCD about Ironman triathlon training and the dude that invented the ironman once said, “You can always quit. But you should understand that nobody else will care and you will always know.” ouch….

Then, I also like my own little saying for myself during the ironman marathon, “Pick it up Alice….”

Enjoy
Farmers Wife

Well, that’s tellin’ you! LOL!
http://thewritesnark.com/wordpress/ Ms. Snark

There are times I am this hard on myself, it sucks.. so I use it as an excuse to slack. Viscous cycle.
http://thewritesnark.com/wordpress/ Ms. Snark

I am so full of my own bullshit, I wouldn’t know where to start kicking my own ass. Strangely it’s both reassuring and un-motivating that you can do it for me. Forgive my crybaby mood.
Brenda

This is the most hilarious (and TRUTHFUL) things I have ever read. I didn’t read all of it, though, because my vision was impaired with my own head-in-ass maneuver.
http://www.redheadwriting.com The Redhead

THAT made me laugh
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*like*
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I’m here to serve and protect.
http://www.redheadwriting.com The Redhead

And so I also discovered, there is no crying in baseball. Shit.
http://www.redheadwriting.com The Redhead

^^ copying and pasting that mantra in multiple places!
http://www.redheadwriting.com The Redhead

Ain’t it, tho?
Brenda

Glad you liked it…as I like your blog…very creative and insightful…I will read every day!
http://www.ranepcs.co.uk Nick Rapson

I have just penned myself a similar note!
Anonymous

Dammit, I find that I’m leaving thank you notes on all your posts! But again, Thank you for the reminder! Especially since we all go through this, and admitting it is courageous and doing something about it is even more so!
http://www.redheadwriting.com The Redhead

I’m just delighted that you found it useful. Thanks for stopping by today.

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