Good morning Crickets!!!  Though I have mixed feeling on how my I like this Crickets greeting as my daily opening pleasantry, I’m going to continue to try it on for a while to see if it’s an actual fit. I’ve used it from time to time in the past following the point where The Daily Breaker took on the “letters to no one” format where I write to a specific someone who just isn’t there, as opposed to the random musings this section of the site used to be when I started out.

If I were to go back and start this blog all over again, I would consider changing the web address to The Cricket Whisperer dot Com in honor of my silent fans. That is if I even have any fans at all. Thanks to analytic tools, I do see that I have a consistent level of readers, but I have no idea who they are. This isn’t to say that I want a louder audience, but I wouldn’t mind if at least someone chimed in from time to time to give me an idea how I’m doing.

With that, it’s now time to start discussing my latest assignments. I find it interesting that yesterday’s assignment got me a little down since it was about humor, which you would think would be super fun. The point of the task was to highlight how humor is an excellent tool for team development and a wonderful approach to get things done.

I was supposed to think about moments in my life when humor really helped me out which was what sent me into my mood. As someone who is currently watching and reviewing every single episode of Saturday Night Live, I would think that it’s clear that I’m a fan of comedy, and that humor plays a prominent role in my life.

The problem is, the world has grown to be so unfun, that I’ve lost my middle child drive to solve every problem with laughter. Granted, I still love to be entertained by the comedy genre when it comes to TV of listening to podcasts, but as far as seeing humor as this magnificent tool, I’m beginning to question this claims validity.

I guess it would work if you were some sort of boring businessman in your efforts to show that you’re actually human, but as for the genuinely funny people out there, most seem to be stuck in the dregs since nobody takes them serious. I feel this was/is the case with me, where I was so dependent on my humor as a tool to get around shyness that I felt stuck being an outrageous character who people enjoyed while watching from a distance.

So, I fully get the point of this task and feel it belongs in the book, but it did contribute to me feeling a little sad since it reminded me of the days when laughter was way more important. It’s not that I’m now a complete bore since humor is still the first layer of my defense mechanism, this assignment just brought me down a bit by reminding me of good times lost. I really wish that I could go back to that fun frame of mind before it goes the way of the dodo.

Today’s assignment is another downer as it wants me to explore the importance of music. I’m getting a little frustrated by some of these assignments, again, not because they’re bad ideas but they are ideas that I’ve already explored only to find the opposite results of the promise, with other contributing factors.

These assignments also get me wondering, how dull are these people who need this book to point out what I would think is obvious. It makes me feel that the business self-help crowd needs to be told how to act like a human.

My issue with this music assignment is similar to today’s let down about humor, but I will dig into the details why, when I check in tomorrow with my next update. Until then, it’s now that time where I say, good day and good luck to you and all of your projects.    

Talk to you soon.

Sincerely,

The Wicker Breaker

P.S. Below are links to my novel, which I plan to promote as part of Operation Achieve Anything, as well as a link to where you can buy the book that is providing the structure to this project in case you would like to purchase it in order to play along.