Belated Happy Valentines Day!
I sure hope you didn't let the pressure of that holiday make you do things you didn't like, or assume things you shouldn't have assumed.
As for us, we spent it at home, me giving my wife her favorite milk tea concoctions (more than one, yes) and me sticking flowery decals on the hallway ceiling. Now I have an idea how the Sistine Chapel paintings were done.
In the evening we had kebabs by some Mediterreanean delivery restaurant and we retired early.
Oh yes we also had toblerone and banana flavored pancakes. We made too much, most of it is in the fridge.
But today's message for you is not about that. It's about this too good to resist sale of BASAHANs (rags) we found in the mall the other week. I think we got 10 pcs of "microfiber" rags. So it must be good right?
I used one of these wet discount basahans on the dusty window screen and to my surprise, it appears that the screen is full of dust. I wiped again and again, and even MORE dust flies away from the screen. The screen looked clean but there it is, dust flying around. So I clean up the basahan, rinse it and try again. Wow! Even more dust flies from the window screen when I wipe with this MAGIC BASAHAN.
My wife tells me, don't use that discount rag, "it doesn't absorb anything.". So I used a branded rag (yup) that's also called "microfiber". I think it was Scotch Brite brand.
Sure enough, after one wipe of this new rag, there's no dust flying around but the rag is now very very very dirty
Turns out, not all rags are the same.
This led me to think about the bargain rag that I've been using for 16 years plus -my old jobs. They were "reliable", they were paying "just enough" but it also wasn't working. I wasn't flourishing. I was bored and none of my suggestions are ever acted upon. It was drudgery all day long. When I got sick, they said I had excessive leaves already that I CANNOT BE ABSENT ANYMORE - even if I was sick. It was, a very ineffective way to live life.
Then came the welcome retrenchment (it's still a fad these days) that kicked me out of that company and gave me a brand new "rag" to use - online business.
And yes, I was ready. I was already earning online - on the side - when that "We're sorry but you're fired" meeting came about. Not so prepared was 499 of my companions on that day. Yes, 500 of us were "let go" - 14 January 2009 - in one day.
So it helps to be very prepared when life tells you "You can't use that rag anymore.".
Make sure that branded - working - better quality rag is available for immediate use, when the time comes.
Don't wait when you're already full of fear -because they already kicked you out - to learn all about this "new rag".
It may be just a "rag" - but it will serve you well to clean up your life (at last, more time for family!)
