Tough (Question) Tuesday: What is your Vampire saying to you, and what will you say back?
Buffy the Vampire Inspired Print by Elloh
Last week, Laura Neff had an awesome post (as usual) on hunting your Gremlins. Y’know your Gremlin- that voice in your head that tells you, “You’re not good enough. You’re not smart enough. And goshdarnit, people don’t like you.” I call my Gremlin a Vampire (Gremlins are way too cute!), and he has a scary monster voice and looks like one of the really really really gross/scary guys Buffy.* Shiver.
Now think of the mountain that you’re climbing, that pot of gold you’re looking to find, that star you want to grab & what your Vampire is telling you to hold you back. Now ask yourself:
What is your Vampire saying to you, and what will you say back?
Join me in the comments sections with your answer!
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* How come nobody told me how scary the last season of Buffy is? I have to make sure to watch it early so I don’t see it right before I go to bed!
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June 2nd, 2009 at 10:01 am
My Vampire tells me, “It ain’t gonna happen, lady. This whole ‘making a living as a life coach’ – who are you to be a success & work for yourself? The acting thing didn’t work that way – why would this? You’re never gonna be able to keep your head above water. Hang on to that day job as long as you can.” What a meanie!
The next time I hear that Vampire whispering in my ear, I’m going to say, “Listen Ugly, you’re a big fat stupid jerk that doesn’t know what he’s talking about. I’m going to rock the life coaching so hard that I’m not only going to support myself, but my family too. We’re never going to have to worry about where the next paycheck is coming from. We’re going to be secure, and happy. This works on MY terms, idiotface!”
Then I’ll kick him in the nuts.
June 2nd, 2009 at 10:44 am
I have this image of you shouting this at your vampires while waving a wooden stake in the air pulling your best Buffy moves.
My banditos (not vampires for me, a story I explain in an upcoming post) have been hitting me on many fronts lately so I will pick one of their latest plans to stop my plan to rule the world:
They have been telling me that my idea for spreading the “Think Big Manifesto” is a silly idea that will never work. That the people I send it to will not send me updates on my blog, and that the page I create for the project will sit quietly looking empty.
When I came up with the idea I was all “this is a kick ass idea and is going to spread like wildfire”. Two days later the banditos came in and started convincing me how stupid the idea was. It has been almost three weeks since I came up with the idea, and only now am I putting it into action.
I hate sombreros.
Jeremie
June 2nd, 2009 at 11:01 am
Waving? I would hardly “wave” the wooden stake – I’d be very precise & “smash” it into the Vampire!
OK, I would wave. Who are we kidding?
Looking forward to hearing about your banditos, and really glad you adapted the Gremlins into a term that works best for you. And that it from someone who will be part of your Think Big manifesto: It’s a great idea! Tell those banditos I said to suck it.
June 2nd, 2009 at 2:37 pm
My vampires are sneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaky. They look like Angel and tell me they have a soul and are here to help. “You just need to learn this little bit more, gather some more information, take one more seminar and you will be the perfect coach! After all you’re competing with people who have initials after their namea and they are psychologist and therapist, who would want to go see little old you when you have been a PRINTER all your life. Just one more class, maybe go back to college you know.”
June 2nd, 2009 at 3:11 pm
So…what are you gonna say back to ‘em, Celina? How are you gonna stake ‘em through the heart?
September 1st, 2009 at 5:23 pm
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