How To Be Spontaneous: An Indispensable User's Guide
- Write down when you plan to be spontaneous. For myself, I usually do this 2-3 weeks in advance.
- When your spontaneous day arrives, put on an outfit that encourages spontaneity. For example, an orange sweater screams “impromptu.” (Ed. note: make sure you have picked it up from the dry cleaners the day before.) Take an umbrella with you in case it rains. It’s hard to be spontaneous when you’re soggy.
- Kids are pretty much synonymous with spontaneity. Ask them what strategies they recommend. Wait, kids also eat worms for fun. Maybe don’t ask their opinion after all.
I bring a notepad with me so I can track my spontaneity. I set the timer on my watch to beep every five minutes so I can rank my level of spontaneity for that precise moment. I was using a scale of 1-10 (with 10 being the most spontaneous), but then I switched to 1-100 for improved accuracy. And then I decided that the number 1 should be the most spontaneous, not 100. Then I changed my mind and switched back. Then I couldn’t remember my scale, so I gave everything a ranking of 50.
Oh, gotta go! My timer is beeping!
MOV
Ha, this was funny. The next time I'll get a chance to be spontaneous is in about five weeks, so I'll make sure to come back then!
ReplyDeleteBTW, you're way ahead. I'm only on Q! Have you been working Sundays?? That's the day of rest during the Challenge! :)
Hee hee, very clever and funny post as always MOV. :)
ReplyDeleteHehehehe - I'm married to a Virgo...
ReplyDeleteWhen I first saw the title to this blog - I screamed in my head - We are VIRGOS - we are not spontaneous! LOL You did not disappoint. Spontaneity requires planning people. I don't really understand why most people don't get that?
ReplyDeletePlanned spontaneity...the best kind! Very funny!
ReplyDeleteThat's Capricornian spontaneity, too! I'm going to plan for it.
ReplyDeleteWell done!
I need to spontaneously clean up my house. Or maybe just wait for it to spontaneously combust. Self-cleaning oven? Why not self-cleaning house!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for pointing out my absent link thing on the followers button. It took awhile, but I got it fixed.
MOV, studied spontaneity carried out to the nth degree of perfection is most successfully planned by putzing,,,no doubt it takes schmoozing, putzing and planning to be accurately spontaneous.
ReplyDeleteThis is such a hilarious post I'm going to spontaneously read it again ':)
My husband calls me "impulsive." Which sounds like a disorder. I much prefer "spontaneous."
ReplyDeleteVisiting from A to Z - - I spontaneously laughed when I read this.
ReplyDeleteNew follower here!
For the most part I am spontaneous (why did you use such a big word?) but I plan every day to read your blog. That is the only planned thing in my life.
ReplyDeleteI read the first line and said aloud, 'oh, baloney!'. Very funny!
ReplyDeleteThis was incredibly funny.
ReplyDeleteMy husband like to tease me about how planned I like everything to be; I sometimes have lists for the lists I need to make. Funny thing is... he's the virgo.
ReplyDeleteI'm definitely taking notes for my next spontaneous move :)
ReplyDeleteAnd I quote "if her wit were any drier, your computer would spontaneously combust" See, I pay attention like that.
ReplyDeleteAs a Sagittarius, I laugh because I can't imagine planning spontaneity.
ReplyDeleteSassy starts with s too! Love this post!
ReplyDeleteDecided to spontaneously pop over for a visit, and I am glad I did. You have a charming voice.
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