Saying no to the booze, most of the time

I am hungover, I had a great night on Saturday
meeting friends Christina grew up with. 

It's amazing watching people switch between languages seemingly effortlessly, a very cool ability that has certainly inspired me to be able to do the same. 

Anyway, I have not been able to think clearly since. That's kind of how my hang overs work. 

If my brain is a 10/10 before (for me), the day after it's a 4, and gains 2 points back each day after. 

Write what you know, it's the golden rule, 
and a god send when you can't think. 

The trouble comes when we try to write what we think we know. 

The English language is missing a word. 

We use knowledge as the word to describe information that we have taken from a source that we considered reputable and then we owned it. 

As with everything else writing imitates life. 

We attempt to create results based on what the experts say and when it doesn't track with our own experience we deny our experience in favour of the information. 

Soon we have a hundred different expert facts we must factor in to our approach creating more and more confusion. 

The result we want is right in front of us but we can't see the wood for the trees. 

Knowledge is really the truth of OUR experience, to have sampled all and then chosen what's best for us. 

My experience tells me that although I enjoy a drink, drinking more that 2 drinks is something I do a few times per year and it's possible, eventually, zero times per year. 

It tells me this because I place a higher value on clear thinking that the temporary high of alcohol. 

If you find yourself lost for what to do next, write down all of the rules you know, then tear them up. 

Choose a direction, take action, and see how you feel. 

Keep what works for you, discard what doesn't, there are no rules save what is true for you. 

Ed Ley