Mini Blog #38 - My Potty Mouth campaign has ended
Well, I have decided to conclude my Potty Mouth campaign quite early in the wake of a charitable donation that needs to be in quite soon. For anyone that is unfamiliar or gives a hoot, I began to monitor my use of swear words a couple of months ago and I intended to donate 50 cents for every swear word that I used to a charity of a reader’s choice. That reader ended up being AxsDeny from the Vax Cave. One interesting bit about AxsDeny is that I used to think his name was Janice. I still feel bad about that to this day. But I really do appreciate your readership and feedback on my posts.
The charity is the Multiple Schelorosis Society, in particular his brother(-in-law??) Daniel Decker will be riding in the ”Escape to the Lake [Erie] MS Bike Tour” and is accepting donations as we speak in hopes to reach his goal of $1500.00. I ended up rounding my swearing fund up to an even 20 dollars. MS is a heartbreaking and nasty disease. My 3rd grade teacher was diagnosed years ago and I can remember crying to my mother when I came home from school because it scared me to see her in so much pain throughout the school day. From what little reading up I did on the subject matter prior to my donation, it appears that researchers are making leaps and bounds on the way to a cure. If any of my handful of readers are interested in supporting Dan in his bike ride, please, please PLEASE have a look at his website here. And, let me type out the URL:
I would like to give myself a pat on the back in my efforts to dramatically reduce my swearing. I have exceeded my personal expectations by a long-shot. I think that reducing my use of swear words has had a direct effect on the control of my temper. It was easy to express my frustration before by dropping and F-Bomb here or there and calling the driver ahead of me an S.O.B. Now, I am forced to really think about what I am getting angry or frustrated about and I must make the decision if it is truly worth it to let it get the best of me. By replacing a swear word with a couple deep breaths and some rational thoughts, I have noticed that I really do feel better. I am not sweating the small stuff as often and even Jaci has noticed a rather large change in how I handle things that don’t go my way.
Now that I have chosen to end my anti-swearing campaign early, I am now focused on my inability to say “No” to people when they ask me to do things that I don’t really want to do. I need to be assertive and grow a back bone. I need to stick up for myself and what makes me happy rather than let people walk all over me. This is my next personal wellness campaign for myself and I may throw a blog out there about it in the coming days. As of right now, I am working on saying “No” to someone at least once a day.