Anti-Blah Defined

So what is Anti-Blah and how do I get it? Well, living a life that is anti-blah isn't easy...yet at the same time, it's the easiest thing to do.

Being anti-blah about something is simply making the most of any situation. Perhaps our gut instinct is to get blah on something if it doesn't quite go as planned. For example, yesterday when the train people told me my luggage wasn't to be found, one reaction (the blah one) was to scream and yell about how I just arrived in NYC, on my own, and the one piece of luggage with all my clothing and shower stuff is GONE?! But, I reacted in an anti-blah way: I giggled, said "of course" under my breath - to myself, and told the guys that it actually works out for the best. This way, it would be delivered to me at my new place and it made the taxi ride/moving in, that much more pleasant because I didn't have as much stuff.

Now, per the example, I made the best of the situation. That, to me, is living life anti-blah.

The other part about living a life that is anti-blah is taking control. I want a life to be proud of. I want to do what I want to do. I want to go where I want to go. I want to hang with other people who are all about the anti-blah. So, I took control of my life (which was always "mine" but never seemed that way), and ran with it. I was actually living a life that was anti-blah for a while, I just didn't realize it...and thus, wasn't living it completely anti-blah. I am where I want to be, doing what I want to do, and I'm loving it. That's how life should be.

How do I get it? Hmmm, first of all, if you want it then the hard work is over. Read it: THE HARD WORK IS OVER. Now you just have to realize that the power is in your hands. You can live a life that is yours, that you created, today. You just have to really force yourself out of your old way of thinking. (I had to move to Japan to do this, but I do realize this may not be an option for everyone. Do what works for you.)

Now, I do get the case of the blah's from time to time (I am human last time I checked), but I am sure to try to snap myself out of it as quickly as possible. That's another thing. The blah way of thinking would be to beat myself up for "giving up" this new way of thinking. The anti-blah way is to say shit happens and move on. On to an anti-blah way of thinking.

The moral of the story? Living life anti-blah is not easy because you are fighting against years of blah-thinking; however, living life anti-blah is so worth it and I deserve it. Boom.