letting go

Letting Go (See Ya, Bucko Challenge) Day 6: MOFO FOMO

Letting Go (See Ya, Bucko Challenge) Day 6: MOFO FOMO

“People are the worst.”

I get why people say this, but I happen to love people (Most. Don’t get me started on the See You Next Tuesday in my life).

I’m curious about their lives, their stories, what makes them tick. I feed off of their energy. I am a true extrovert (I probably wouldn’t have gotten the Wienermobile job if I were a wallflower.)

When you’re gregarious, you’re drawn to events, parties, really anywhere you can engage with people. It fuels you.

Letting Go (See Ya, Bucko) Challenge Day 5: Face the Facts

Letting Go (See Ya, Bucko) Challenge Day 5: Face the Facts

When I was a kid, I was obsessed with something most children are afraid of. Clowns. I drew them all the time (mostly cross-eyed. I’m sure my 9-year-old self thought they were funnier that way). I dressed up as a clown for Halloween and I got my face painted as a clown once or twice.

Letting Go (See Ya, Bucko Challenge) Day 3: Who Let the Dogs In?

Letting Go (See Ya, Bucko Challenge) Day 3: Who Let the Dogs In?

For as long as I’ve lived in my apartment (14 years), they have not allowed pets in the building. The only exception was my neighbor who was a dog walker and the woman who had a bird in her apartment… illegally. Since that thing squawked all the time, I don’t know how she got away with it.

Sadly, the dog walker passed earlier this year and Lady Bird moved out years ago, so I haven’t seen any animals in my building for months… until Leo. I met Leo in the elevator one night and asked his owner, “How’d you get him into the building?” like she smuggled in contraband.

Letting Go Challenge Day 2: Sorry, Not Sorry

Letting Go Challenge Day 2: Sorry, Not Sorry

I was raised Jewish, but my father is Catholic, and his brother, my uncle Gary is a Roman Catholic priest whose name is Father Gelfenbien. Holidays at the Gelfenbiens are never boring and one year my uncle made us an Easter turkey stuffed with matzo meal (He’s a full-service kind of priest.)

Letting Go Challenge Day 1: Na Na Na, Hey Hey Hey, Good-bye

Letting Go Challenge Day 1: Na Na Na, Hey Hey Hey, Good-bye

For the past two years, I’ve had a framed poster hanging above my desk. It features a balloon and a simple message: “let it go.” Trite I know, but I bought it to remind me to do just that when I start to worry about things and hold myself back on other things like obsessing over sending an email.

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