Why not shoot for the moon?

This won't be a post where I discuss one of my favorite authors, Nicholas Sparks. I can do that at some point, but not today. We'll save that for later.
When I viewed my blog today, which is the quickest way to see if any of my "favorites" posted, I saw one of my quotes pop up on the bottom right side of the window. Not quotes by me, but quotes by others, that I've selected through GoodReads. I added the widget to my blog when I found out that the quote changes every time the page is refreshed.

"Nothing that’s worthwhile is ever easy. Remember that."— Nicholas Sparks


Of course I agree with him. But I am going to say partially. Ever easy? That seems locked down to me. I think there are times that we can make things harder than they have to be.
 
Are you an over-thinker like I can be at times? It depends on the subject. One of the main things I am constantly aware of is the feeling that I've offended someone. Not a fan, not in the slightest. I've been told to "relax" and "stop thinking so much" before. Well, I hear you friends, but I really do care about this.
 
Related to work, if someone is given a project to do, I've heard team members involved state this phrase on the conference calls, "let's not re-invent the wheel here okay?" An example of making things harder than they have to be in the office.
 
I like to pretend that I've lived in Dallas long enough to know my way around to just about anywhere within a 50 mile radius. But that's not always the case. I've taken the long way a few times, only to realize once I reach my destination that there was a much shorter, easier way, to get there. Live and learn as they say. Just an example of me, making the journey harder than it had to be. (I enjoyed the ride though)
 
I think what Nicholas is meaning, is this: "If it's something worthwhile, you're going to have to work really hard at it". I agree with him. It's hard for me to understand when someone doesn't give something they claim to really want, a hundred percent of themselves.
 
If it's important to me, I'm going to fold myself in the middle of it, and roll it all around me so I am the center. Then, I'm going to work my butt off to get it done. I feel better working this way, if I give it my best shot I know that I left nothing that could possibly unravel.
 
I believe there are people that are afraid to raise the bar too high. As if failure is inevitable before they begin. I've been in this place at times. I'm just slowly realizing that I don't care for it. Why not shoot for the moon? Why not.
 
This can be applied to relationships, work, even play. To my male friend who thinks he's not good enough for her. Ask her out anyway, you're going to surprise yourself. To my coworker who says, "I'm not smart enough to take this on!". Yes.You.Are. To a best friend who wants to play softball but says, "but I'm so not an athlete". So what! Get that glove on your hand and get out on that field, you enjoy playing.
 
Steadily raising the bar......I am.
 
See you soon friend,
Tiffany
 
PS I'm really into egg white omelets right now. If you want to try one, I'll make it for you. If that sounds like "not-so-much" to you, there's always pancakes. <--------see how easy that was?

May I borrow a pen?

I love pens. No seriously. I LOVE PENS. As in I must have at least 25 within reach when I'm working. I don't know what this is, I just like cool pens and I like to know that I can grab one, at a moments notice, and write my name. Or write down what my manager just said so I don't forget my assigned task. What do they call those, an "opportunity"?

“We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.” -Charles R.Swindoll

My sister once told me, "If my name is going on it, I want it to be right" (hi Melissa, I listened) She's absolutely right. When you're given a task, do you give it 100%? It's not always easy to do that, I'm well aware. If you work on something, giving it your all, your signature goes on that finished product. I don't know too many people that would want their signature to be written down on something mediocre. You want that signature to dazzle! Hey look what I did, isn't this awesome?

I got a new pink pen. Today I wrote my name with it, and then stared at my handwriting. It's evolved some from grade school, then on to high school and beyond.....but I still noticed that I've been making my capital T's like that for as long as I can remember. My signature, is part of me. Part of my "brand". Sometimes when I'm on the phone I doodle, almost always beginning with my signature, written with FLAIR like I'm a movie star giving her autograph. I wonder if doctors feel that way when they write out prescriptions, I don't know about you but I can never read them. I got one once that looked like a flat line on the heart rate monitor, I was thinking, well that's not a good sign, good grief.

Your signature doesn't always have to be your name written with a pen on a piece of paper. It can come from collaboration. When giving input during a staff meeting at the office, I am placing my signature on my ideas and handing them over to the rest of the team, verbally.
When asked my opinion on what color my cousins wedding should be, I offered my advice, signing it with "Tiffany" before handing it to her, through text of course.
Your ideas are your signature in a way I think. Your choices, how you spend your free time, even who you spend your time with. Your outlook on a day to day basis, begins and ends with your signature.

When you sign on the dotted line, be proud of it. Whatever it may be.

Breakfast with Tiffany is extremely early tomorrow, I have to be at the office when the birds start chirping. If you want to sleep in and join me next time, I understand.
Until then,
Tiffany

PS Can I have your autograph?