TMI:  Every morning I play a game of Yahtzee in the bathroom while I wait for the shower to heat up.  I don’t know why but it takes quite awhile for the warm water to make it from the other end of the house to my shower.  It’s as if it hibernates for the evening and then isn’t a morning person.  But one piece of philosophy I have learned from playing Yahtzee (aside from also learning that I am apparently competitive in EVERYTHING even with myself) is this:  Five 1′s is still a Yahtzee.  We all spend so much time looking for the five 6′s – perfection, maximization – that we forget those five little dots on five separate dice score the exact same way.  Maybe there is such a thing as good enough.  Maybe it is okay to learn to give ourselves a break and accept less than optimal in favor of sanity.

Random stuff:  A few weeks ago, I warned you that this blog might become a bit like the shrink I’m too poor for and here is today’s personal improvement mission.  I think that I am a terrible listener.  I am prone to interrupt people because I lack the patience to let the person I am talking with finish their thought.  Instead, I jump to finish it for them.  Now I am wondering about the learning opportunities I may have missed by doing so.  I’m going to try to correct this habit by stopping myself (I already catch myself often) and counting to three before I speak.  If three doesn’t work, I’ll try 5.  Wish me luck.  If I have other annoying habits I need to break, feel free to leave an anonymous comment.  Thanks!