gremlins [1028.1999]

Lately, I seem to be accumulating a few too many "diversions". In fact, I'm not getting much done at all, compared to what I could be doing. So, taking my cue for Katie and Elroy, I decided to try out the "put a face on your part" theory and meet my inner gremlin. Here's how it went, more or less:

I wanted to talk to the part of me that was causing me to procrastinate and slack off at work (manifestation.com, and Zike, the web company Zach Marcy and I are starting).. The face I chose came right off my wall: a big poster of a yellow happy face. I plugged in my mind machine, put it on, and relaxed, imagining that face.

Well, in my daydream, the little face grows stick legs and arms, puts on a little hat, and starts running around randomly. He said hello, and had a voice like Mickey Mouse.

So I say, "Hey there. Are you the part of me that's keeping me from getting work done?"

"Yep! That's me!" He's a perky little gremlin.

"Well, why?"

"Fear of succes."

"I have a fear of sucess?" I ask, begining to wonder whether my unconscious is just throwing out random garbage.

"Sure do."

Well, okay. I don't believe this, and I'm tempted to ask why it thinks such a thing, but first I try another question. "Do I need it?"

"Nope! Not at all!" (All this time, the gremlin is stil running around, jumping on random objects drifting through my mind..)

"So, you could get rid of it if I asked you to?"

"Absolutely"

"Please do!"

Almost instantly: "Done."

"So," I asked, "I won't procrastinate anymore?"

"Absolutely not. Why would you?"

"Ah. Uhuh. Any other parts disagree?"

I started hearing a bunch of other gremlins, all talking about different things. I asked one why it thought I wasn't getting any work done. It said: "You like to talk too much."

Go figure. :)

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