Well, it’s Labor Day Weekend, and I’ll say mine has been a bit rocky. I stepped on the cat, by accident, and the cat retaliated by biting my ankle and drawing blood. I detailed the engine compartment in my mom’s car, and now her car won’t start. At least I didn’t spray down the motor. I learned a while back that’s not a good idea.

I started work again with a part time contract job that will hopefully work out to be something good, at least for the length of the contract. Life feels life some sort of stagnant standstill at the moment, and it’s really been tough to be very upbeat about anything.

I have an opportunity to go and help my friend with his new business, and now that I have some money coming in, I feel more confident about going. At the same time, I’m feeling a bit hesitant about the whole thing.

The one thing I try to keep in mind is that sitting around doing nothing will produce, well, nothing. That’s what made me think about Boiled Frog Syndrome. What in the world is that, you ask? Apparently a frog will sit in water, doing nothing, even as you heat up the water. At the point the water boils, the frog will just stay there and boil. Have I tested this theory? No, I don’t do weird experiments with animals. I just remember reading about this in relation to people who will sit and stay in the same career when they should probably be moving on and trying out new endeavors. Instead, they just stay where they are and succumb to Boiled Frog Syndrome.

So here I am, a bit nervous about my future, but at the same time I’m not exactly making great strides to make something else happen. It seems that picking up and relocating myself ends up being the only way I make any real change in my life. I’ve been following my horoscope app closely, maybe too closely, and it did mention that if I don’t give my upcoming possibility a try, I’ll have to live with the regret of not giving it a chance. I’m usually cautious about trying something new, but this time I’m all too familiar with the same old road not leaving much to be desired. Is getting older making me overly cautious, and too worried about the future? It could very well be time to throw caution to the wind, and not become a boiled frog.