Last night, I made a terrible mistake.
On my way home from Boston, I was given some “special” candy, if you know what I mean. One and a half pieces of it.
I ate the half piece during my train ride home. Slept like a baby.
I took the other piece after dinner, sat down to relax, then fell asleep. Woke up at 2 in the morning feeling like my face got beat with a bat.
And I was just dazed the entirety of the following day.
I couldn’t work. I couldn’t concentrate on anything. I was just out of it.
Fortunately, I feel normal now, it’s as if that episode never happened. But I think I experienced a hangover of some sorts for the very first time.
Life lesson for me: Do not take THC before sleeping
Anyways, while my mind was up in the clouds, I did have some wandering thoughts.
For example:
I recently finished reading Will Smith’s memoir. Towards the end of the book, he talked about his struggle with balancing the “people pleaser” side of himself and his “selfish” side.
He shared a moment where he was working out alone in a gym, and he adamantly wanted that workout session to be his “me” time. Then someone started recording him saying,
“Hey Will, can you please say hi to my son with down syndrome? He’s a huge fan of The Fresh Prince.”
“No,” he replied.
“Why not? Come on man, he has down syndrome.”
“…Because I don’t want to.”
The man walked away extremely disappointed. And he couldn’t handle seeing that disappointed look. He broke down and didn’t even finish his workout.
People have told me that fans said Will Smith is nothing but a d*ck in-person.
Is he really though? Or are the fans just perceiving it that way?
Personally, I saw nothing wrong with what he did during his workout. He wanted to practice establishing boundaries, and that’s exactly what he did.
And if you’re in a service business where you work with clients, that is something you must do.
Unless you like being pushed around, disrespected, or be seen as untrustworthy, it’s only to your benefit that you set boundaries.
And yes, those boundaries may turn off some potential clients and it might be scary to lose out on the work and revenue. But if it’ll save you the trouble and headache of dealing with incompatible clients, then it might be worth losing out on those potential clients.