I was working on this post about comedy and wanted to include clips, so I spent about two hours (cumulative – not all at once) skipping around YouTube and I have nothing to show for it. A few new laugh lines, perhaps, but nothing resembling a cohesive piece of written work. I shelved that post until I can gather my thoughts in a nice, neat package.
Then I thought now what am I going to do for Wonder Why Wednesday this week? Why did I commit myself to a weekly feature? Why?
I love Wonder Why Wednesday, but I wish we only had two Wednesdays every month instead of four.
So that’s it:
Why do things that once sounded so good, that we once loved, sometimes lose their luster? What do you do when that happens?
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Everything inevitably loses its luster. What I like to do is take time to reflect on the lusterless object at hand and decide if its worth polishing up or just keeping as a reminder of something I once loved.
I’ve gotten that way with Friday FlipOffs…it’s such a drain on my emotional well being to have to do it every.week.
So I feel your pain.
I was thinking about this after reading it earlier… I think that when the idea is new it is full of hope and limitless potential. At the same time, we have not yet invested anything in it. So, there is no cost (yet). It is all upside and no downside at the start. It is not until we get into it and spend resources on it (while also seeing it not become what we wanted) that we start look at the economics of it. You start to ask, “Is this worth it?”
Take the silly example of playing the lottery. Winning $120M sounds so great! You want it. So every week, you go buy and your lottery ticket. About 6 weeks in, you are standing ten people deep in line at some nasty connivence store. These store visits start to feel like a chore. You start to think about all of the other things that you could do with your $10. You start to think about how unlikely it is to actually win $120M. The whole thing looks at a lot different now that it is costing you something and the goal is feeling further away than ever.
Nevertheless, you have to have ideas, try stuff and step out on a limb once in a while if you are ever going to do anything worthwhile.
you mean, like when you get to the bottom of a bag of pretzel M&Ms and they just don’t taste as good as the first 273 you ate? 🙂
@liz, That is EXACTLY what I mean. And I am kind of relieved to know that I’m not the only person who gets carried away with a bag of M&M’s.
@Pop, Wise as always, Pop. I am pretty sure I still love Wonder Why Wednesday, but I may change it up a bit. Will definitely be doing some reflection this week.
@gigi, You don’t know how much better that makes me feel! I look at you and think you’re the equivalent of a blogging endurance athlete – knowing you get sick of your features, too, makes me feel a bit better.
@Don, What? It’s not highly likely I’ll win $120M? Now what am I going to do? 😉
This is such a thoughtful, useful response. Thank you!
I just wrote a similar post about the same thing!! So yes, I can totally relate.
@Natalie, It took me almost a week, but I’m feeling a little less ill will toward Wonder Why Wednesday. 🙂
I think that often things that aren’t new feel like a chore. Although getting to sleep through the night after having had a newborn never gets old. Just sayin’.
@KLZ, That is the truth!