I don't think I watched the movie. Just watched bits and pieces of it. This movie scared me to death. Yes, mental illness (that is not what I'm bringing up today)is a very sad disease, but we all have different "personalities" whom live within us.
I tend to classify my "inner being" into three groups:
- Hockey Mom
- Career Woman
- Gypsy Girl
I know I speak of these three women often. Often giving one control at a time. Thinking one of them needs to be in charge. After all, doesn't SOMEONE around here need to be in charge???
Today though, I was participating in an arts & crafts project for a mud run I'm helping promote. In fact, I was in the taping of a promotional video that will run on the web for this company. Oh yeah, I've done a few TV/web spots before. Oh, we got to make the T-shirts. I learned a really cool way to take a T-shirt and make it into something fun and even fitting. I was SO excited. In fact, I think this is the cutest thing I've ever made. (BTW, yes, it's totally lost on the boys)
So wait, where does this "woman" fit in? Not really the hockey mom, definitely not the Career Woman, maybe a bit of the gypsy girl. If I wasnt careful though, the Career Woman would try to make this into a money making thing versus just enjoying doing a project.
Then I started thinking....... "When am I really my happiest?"
The answer: not what you are thinking. Let's see, there is:
- Martha Stewart - oh yes, I love to make things - my photo books, my picture frames with sea glass that I collected glued around the edges, my kids childhood theme birthday parties, the trip to Disneyland when Santa brought the trip.
- The athlete - Running in the middle of Greece, swimming in the ocean, skiing on the backside of Vail, helping someone else cross a finish line for the first time. Being in shape.
- The spokesperson - Need me to promote something for you? I'm the person you can send on stage, in front of a camera, hula hooping on the news.
- Mom - not just a hockey mom, but the fun mom. The one whom had the neighborhood house for years. The one whom has fun with all the kids, but still gets grumpy and irritated.
- Girlfriend - incredible friends - both male and female. Secrets of bunches. Holder of hearts, alibis and stories.
- Vail Girl - Oh, you have to ask her about those stories. Not a bad place to spend your thirties.
- Lover - to those whom love me. Or whom I love. Loved.
- Neighbor - for those needing anything.
- Traveler - seeing the world one block at a time.
- Adventurer - that nothing is a simple as "taking a trip", but making it an adventure for not only myself, but others too.
- Business Owner - when I don't want to recruit or work, it's the Business Owner I blame, but it's not her fault I have to work. Working is a function of something she has to do. I'm also not against her profession - after all, she provides freedom and flexibility. So, when I'm mad at her I need to realize it's not her fault.
- The Writer - quite honestly, I forgot to include her at first. She hasn't yet gained her voice - or maybe it's her sea legs...... She's still young. Maybe she will replace one of the other personalities - or compliment.
All these things don't define me. They are all me.
What I realized is, when I'm my happiest, I'm feeding them all. Just for a moment every day. A little bit of balance. A little bit of discipline. One step at a time.
Of course, some of the personalities are stronger than the others. It's during those times we have to let that one be charge. The rest just need to remember, she can't stay in charge - it messes up the whole function of our being - meaning me and all my "personalities".
I wonder if that movie would be so scary now? Maybe, I need to make my version of the movie......It could be over Deux. It's about time.....
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