The Insomniac Post

It's 3:35am on a Saturday morning and I can't sleep. I was just out for a night of drinking, passed out way too early, and my body is having a great time fucking with me...but I'm having a moment of clarity. It's a really odd feeling, but everything seems very clear to me right now. Priorities, what's truly important in life - they're right in front of my face. It's not that I'm thinking about things differently or that my priorities have changed, they just seem to be confirmed and I'm feeling them deeper right now.

All the stress I put myself through at work - useless. It's going to kill me and it doesn't do anyone any good. I had a new team member tell me yesterday, "I've never seen you look so calm on a Friday." If I normally look stressed on a Friday, I don't even want to know what I look like the rest of the week. Instead, I need to focus on people - the relationships. In all aspects of life, those are the most important. The impact you can have on another person (both good and bad) can be so profound, and those interactions need to be maximized to provide as many positive outcomes as possible.

So what's really important? Smiling. Laughing. Living for the moment. Making people feel good about themselves. When I look back years from now, those will be the things I remember, not the stress and grind of the day to day. 

I realize this is a rambling mess and a hangover is starting to kick in so I need to go back to bed. I needed to get this down on paper, because these moments don't come around very often.

Kaps

Song of the Day: Jay-Z - Moment of Clarity