I’ve been feeling all aggressive lately. I haven’t been myself. I think I’m stressing. I’m not unhappy it’s just my body is always so tense.
Today I was able to release some of that tension after I made a few phone calls and wrote the press release for my show this coming Friday. After I sent it, I looked at it and noticed that I spelled a word wrong. Like, the 2nd word in the whole release. Yeah, pretty bad. But…look, I handled it so well, I just shrugged and closed the email. They’ll understand what I meant. They have to give me a break, I’m producing, marketing and hosting this show by myself. I’m not gonna sweat it.
So I get a few emails from people telling me congrats and that they will be tuning in. Then I get this one from a guy I JUST had to tell that he need to calm that arrogant shit down. This is what he says, “Congrats! But you really need to do spellcheck before you send out these things.”
Just like a bitch.
I was like hell naw. So I’m like, “Bitch you correct me when you’ve been published and have your own radio show to promote with yo ol’ ONE published article and you shared that byline”
Then that girlyman gonna actually write me back paragraphs and paragraphs of insults. I’ll be honest, I didn’t care. Just the mere fact that he is trying to insult me via email is enough for me to shake my head and just stand back and watch how far he will go because he’s hurt.
He goes on and on, email after email and I’m like, “You are not supposed to argue back and forth with a woman. You are gay. (Lord, forgive me) Dude. Just let it go.”
All he had to say was, “Call me when you get some sense.”
And I would have called him tomorrow and apologized and explained where the aggression was coming from. Instead, he allowed my vibrations to enter him and he exploded with the same rage I was in. Did you notice that transferance? If someone is trying to give you their negative vibe, like I was, you have to cut your time with them short. Don’t accept it.
And as far as my misspelled word goes, when you’ve worked for a publication you have to have thick skin about that shit. Sometimes a header is gonna be wrong or a picture is wrong or anything isn’t exactly how you wanted it to be, but like my old publisher said, “Sometimes you gotta just turn the page.”
If it’s already in print, just move on. You gave it your best shot.
That’s just like the past. If it’s done, it’s done. If it didn’t work, it just didn’t work.
Walk away. Try something else.
Turn the page.