Sometimes it's good to be bad. Real bad.
Now, before you go gettin me all wrong, just hear me out.
Have you ever avoided doing something because you thought you couldn't do it perfectly? As an artist, I struggle with wanting to produce something great every time. But fear of making a mistake or not doing it well enough can prevent me from even starting. I literally have to tell myself, "Just make a couple of bad paintings." Hey, I KNOW I can do that. It gets me out of my inertia and into a creative zone. So what if the paintings turn out bad? I was TRYING to make some bad ones....and ultimately figuring out how to do a good one.
Or how about if you know you should organize your closet, but because you know you don't have the time or skill to do it perfectly, you put it off? Wouldn't doing a BAD job be better than NO job?
Are you stuck on a scrapbook page because you want it to be just as good as the professionals'? Try doing a bad page and see if it doesn't turn out better than you thought. Stop over-thinking everything and be OK with BAD.
Bad can be good. Bad can get you out of a rut. Bad can be liberating.
Today's Small Thing is to do something bad.
Make a bad cake. Who cares if it looks like a monkey frosted it?
Do a bad job cleaning something. Half clean is better than all dirty.
Sing loud and bad. Make the dogs howl in agony.
Dance bad. I know all about that.
Do something bad with your time, like watching a movie in the afternoon.
Let your bad kids stay up past their bedtime. So naughty!
Paint a room a bad color. It's just paint.
Paint a bad picture. Call it modern art.
Knit a bad scarf. Give it to Grandma. She'll love it.
Write a bad post. Grammar and punctuation are overrated.
Take a bad picture. Of someone else, not you.
Take a long, bad shower. Wasteful, but delicious!
Show your kids you know how to be bad sometimes so they'll know they don't have to be perfect every time.
Show your man you still know how to be um, VERY BAD. He'll think it's very good.
Now, if you're afraid your kids or your husband will think they can make a habit out of doing bad things, just tell them it's for today's points and blame it on me.
Let's give you some BAAAD POINTS today! How about 50 points for using one of my ideas or coming up with one of your own! Be creative! Go ahead. Be BAD to the bone.
Let us know: what are you doing bad today?
