Mission 013 - Live life

Live life. Pffffff! I mean, please - exactly what else are you supposed to do with it?
Perhaps this post should actually be entitled 'Enjoy more of life instead of being a grumpy and neurotic person all the time.' But that's a bit long. So I thought I would use one of the inane non-phrases that I so detest to remind me that it's not worth getting worked up about them. Apart from the fact that now I am really bothered by the fact that I've used said crock-of-sh*t phrase. Oh dearie me, this mission is going to be a toughie.
To start with, it's not exactly measurable, like goals are supposed to be. It also depends on many variables:
- my financial state
- the time to my next holiday
- whether I have been doing creative writing or tick-the-box writing
- whether I've eaten
- whether I've slept enough
- whether I have tension in my shoulders
- whether the sun is shining
- whether I have scoffed a packet of M&S white-chocolate-coated strawberries
- whether the bottle of wine is empty or full

And many other non-reasons as well.
Ok. All right. All right! Time to stop being annoyed (and by derivation, annoying). My new mission is to 'Accentuate the Positive', as vocalised so cheerily by Johnny Mercer in the song featured in LA Confidential, and a stylish typography-heavy self-promotion ad by Saatchi and Saatchi NZ that aired in the early 90s. So my first step is to listen to that song every morning on the way to work.
After that, I'm not sure. Perhaps I should try laughing whenever I find myself getting annoyed. So when someone brings me copy changes on something I've written, instead of huffing and frowning and resisting the temptation to let loose with a string of expletives worthy of a severe Tourettes attack, perhaps I should just lean my head back and laugh. Mwahahahahahahahaha!
I wonder how long it would take before I get firmly and politely escorted off the premises?
I think I'd better laugh internally instead, then take 3 deep breaths, smile, and think of cute little kittens.
That's about the best I can come up with now. If you have any suggestions that don't require medication I'd be pleased to hear them. Ok. So here I go, living life!