Good afternoon, Good Friday. Happy Easter and Passover to all my peoples. I'm about to throw down and make a kugel and embrace my Jewishness for a few hours. It's a rarity these days, but a girl's gotta do...I'd rather be dying Easter eggs, but that's another issue completely.
So admittedly I woke up this morning not much wanting to get out of bed- the sheets were that magic temperature and there was a breeze blowing and Khan was cuddled up with me while David got ready for work. I was practicing a little self sorrow as well- having not worked in a few weeks it does cross my mind that perhaps I'll never work again, that I'm washed up, that suddenly I'm not going to be able to ever buy food, eye cream, or a handbag again. Yes, drama. Ridiculous, silly drama. I'm prone to it. Don't act like you're not.
But then I thought back to the great day I had yesterday- catching up with a fabulous photographer I know for lunch and then meeting up with a good gal pal to chat about a new website I'm building and window shop around Soho, culminating in a Balthazar martini, her treat, which was lovely.
And then I got myself out of bed and rallied and went to my favorite spin class of late, taught by a hilarious character who kicks your ass but somehow manages to make you smile too. He's a big music person and his canon runs from Beyonce to Lil Wayne to Arcade Fire. He always has great music (busting out 'Din Da Da' is pretty deep), he's very funny and flamboyant, and generally puts me in a good place, if only for an hour. Something he said today got me thinking, and it was when he was referencing his rather eclectic switch of musical styling during class, which he referred to as "abrupt genre changes". These changes, though seemingly unconnected, make everything flow just right.
And that's what I feel like I'm going through right this second, spin class aside- an abrupt genre change has snuck up on me and forced me to go with the flow.
I know I need to switch some stuff up, to mix my genres when it comes to work and life, and even though sometimes it can feel jarring or weird or scary, it's all for the greater good- because when the genres change, things get kind of interesting.
If you're feeling a bit stuck, maybe try an abrupt genre change- whether that means hacking off your lob or saying hello to someone you've seen in your neighborhood for a while and have never had the guts to chat up. Or maybe it's realizing that if things are going too much same same, an inevitable outcome will most surely be an AGC, because the whole coasting model feels good for a while, but sometimes you need a new song to dance to, spin to, or live with.
I'm going to chalk up my little paradigm shift to the universe, who is clearly trying to tell me I'm in need of some sudden genre switcharoos. If I don't embrace the change, I'm going to get stuck in bed, and going to miss the fun that comes when you embrace what's to come, even when you're not quite sure what it is yet. PS Din Da Da. How great is that song?
Anyway, I'm going to go bubby out in the kitchen and hope that next week is going to be a great one. I've enjoyed my adventures in exile the past few weeks, but time to get back to work and change the channel. Cause that's what's up this in the mood for change kind of Friday in the 718. Yours, in going with it and ultimately, for it. I feel like dancing, so turn it up. XO