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12 Really Stupid Things I Never Want To Do Again
Rev. James Martin in the Huffington Post.

My dad sent me this and I liked it. Great during "resolution season" ... Who isn't guilty of at least some of these?

Great post and def worth a read.

Really great post. Thanks for sharing it.

great read! appreciate you sharing it!

I should be more like what Father Martin describes in that article. Now I'm gonna feel like shite because I can't live up to all that. FML!

Well I agree with 6. Work Constantly. I did that during my Army career, and ruined my health, not to mention my marriage (which was already doomed as a bad idea anyway).

I remember working nonstop for 50 days in one case, not even a day off on Sundays, and finally having to reluctantly stop for Thanksgiving, because everyone else did. Later that weekend paramedics took me from my house on a stretcher, telling me I was having a heart attack at 40. It turned out I had simply collapsed from total exhaustion, the strain of 18-hour days for that long too much for me. Never let it be said I didn't earn my pay.

I rarely took my 30 days annual leave, I hated to interrupt my work. My bosses would force me to take leave, because we couldn't carry more than 60 days past Sep 30, the end of the US Federal fiscal year, or else we'd lose it, which I sometimes did. When I retired in September I had my max 60 days accrued leave, a nice windfall for which they gave me 2 months pay as a Colonel with 25 years service.

But time off I seldom took, a complete workaholic, I loved being in a uniform so. You'd never know it now!

I truly enjoyed reading this article. Thank you!!

6 stupid things i will never do again......

6..swim in dirty river water..
5..burn poison ivy
4..tell a woman..no..the dress doesn't make you look fat..the FAT makes you look fat
3..eat food that has been unrefridgerated for more than 1 hour..
2..date a guy with a death wish..
1.tell my best friend a secret that i want to keep secret..

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This article's author perfectly articulates why I love working for the Jesuits.
They just get it.


Thanks for sharing this, njmeanwhile!

At first I was reluctant to read it, thinking that it is going to be preachy, but I read it any way and as I was reading, I said 'oh my god, it's so true!'

Guys, print it (for yourself as a reminder) and also pass this on to your loved ones.

Art_Deco saidWell I agree with 6. Work Constantly. I did that during my Army career, and ruined my health, not to mention my marriage (which was already doomed as a bad idea anyway).

Sadly being a workaholic is becoming a requirement in Corporate America... "working lunch" meetings, blackberry so your email and voice mail follows wherever you go, laptop to bring home at night and on vacation in case something blows up... I even read that it "looks better" to leave a few vacation days unused so your employer knows how dedicated you are.

F--- that. If I got hit by a bus tomorrow they'd dump my work on somebody else. I don't leave good food on my plate and I don't waste vacation days, even though I still check in when I'm off.

osakarob saidThis article's author perfectly articulates why I love working for the Jesuits.
They just get it.


Thanks for sharing this, njmeanwhile!

You're welcome; I am glad you guys liked it.

GigoloAssassin said>

ROFLMAO

eddie13 said
4..tell a woman..no..the dress doesn't make you look fat..the FAT makes you look fat

Do you have a death wish, Eddie?

GigoloAssassin said>

Bahaa I love Lucile. The world needs more Arrested Development gifs.

The Lucille gif made my night.

The article was a great reminder of all those things we already know but still tend to lose sight of quite frequently. Good positive thinking to bring into the New Year!