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  • Challenges, April Fool, My Brain, And A Key

    april fool

    • It’s April Fool’s day

    • It’s a new blog challenge

    • It’s the start of a new quarter [of the year]


    So –

    • It’s time to try tricking my brain!!

    I know I have a non-linear brain and I know that although I love many challenges, the ones that come with a feeling of “you have to” seem to not work with me…especially if it is a challenge that lasts for more than a week or two.

    Clearly “you have to” is part of MY brain’s messaging center, not the rules of any challenge I have entered. But – I have come to recognize that my brain sees a challenge as a MUST DO and reacts by saying “nope – you won’t.”

    key_to_my_brainHaving finally figured out this possible "key_to_my_brain", I am trying a new mind game with my brain starting today.

     

    • I will not “officially” enter any challenges that last longer than 2 weeks.
    • I will just “do” challenges as if they were optional fun events.
    • I will not keep track of what I do regarding the challenge.

    A one-person research project is now underway. Results to be posted at a future time. [see? no set date]

    You are never too old to figure out how your own brain works…

     

    Thoughts? Comments? Thanks….

  • April Fool Memories

    In Vermont you get a lot of snow – really a lot of snow!  But schools rarely close unless it's very bad – or unexpected – or both!

    For years prior to Vermont, my son and I played April Fool tricks on each other – usually along the line of trying to get the other to look at some imaginary object or some event that was not happening.

    On April 1 of his year in VT there was a 2-foot snow storm and school was canceled.  I knew he would not be happy if he got up and took a shower only to find out he could have slept in – so I woke him around 5:30 AM to tell him there was no school due to a snow storm.

    His reply was along the lines of "ha ha I know it's April Fool and I am not falling for that."  I suggested he look out the window but as that had been our usual "fool" he refused.  He got up and was heading for a shower and I tried most seriously to again tell him there was no school.

    I forget how I managed to convince him to look out a window – but he finally did. 

    His words were not appropriate for a family-friendly blog so I won't print them

    It was such a funny experience I recall it most every April 1 – and especially on days like today when my friends in New England tell me they got hit with another April Fool snow storm!

    Happy April Fool

    P.S. The story is true and neither my son nor I live in New England anymore….

    What's your favorite April Fool memory? Let us know below in the comments…thanks