Relax

No matter how hard I try, I can’t be a “relaxed” person.  I don’t do lazy well.  Sitting long enough to work at work is hard for me (unless we’re super busy and I even get stressed).  But I just plain can’t sit still for extended periods of time (unless watching a sitcom and doing something else or sitting with friends doing something).  I talk a lot and text a lot.  If I don’t have errands to run, I’ll probably find a friend to “do something” with me.  Or I’ll make errands up.

Personality-wise, I’m fairly laid-back.  Easily angered if you’re stupid or have purposely pissed me off before or act like I hate you.  I’ll get grumpy if you tell me I’m grumpy.  But for the most part, I’m fairly chill – I’m more than likely never going to hate you.  If you make me unhappy with you, it’s undoable as long as you acknowledge that I am unhappy with you and you acknowledge why (because I have good reason).  Oh, and being fake with me (or around me) – for any reason – will make me think murderous thoughts.

Point is, I’m not someone who’s gonna have high blood pressure.

I never say “no.”  Not in an I-get-raped-all-the-time sort of way, but in an if-you-need-help-give-me-a-call sort of way.  A friend asked me today, “Seriously!?  You picked up another charity case?!” when I told him that I am going to start hanging out with someone who’s been having a hard time.  It’s just how I am.  I’m almost always doing something for someone and will more than likely be the first person people come to when they need something – they know I’ll do it.

Therefore, I’m always doing something.  I’m always busy.  On average, I leave my house around 9:00 or 9:30 for work, and I probably won’t be home until 11:30 or midnight.  It’s just how I roll and I’m ok with it.  But not everyone I know seems to think this is healthy.  They’re always telling me, “You need to relax.  You need to just sit and chill.”  Yeah, I’m not good at that.  I wasn’t blessed with the “sit” gene.  I am working on it and think I’m doing better. 

But, my Foursquare app would disagree with me.

It wouldn’t let me check-in the other day.  I didn’t check-in anywhere that I didn’t actually go.  But it said something along the lines of, “You cannot check in at this time due to your rapid check-ins.  Try to sit back and relax.” 

I’m not making this up.  I’m totally serious.  And I really, truly, and honestly was not checking in anywhere that I didn’t go.  I didn’t check-in to the same place twice in one stop. 

So apparently I need to relax.  My stupid social networking apps are even telling me to.  That’s a tad annoying.