Starting

Milt and Edie. How do you know so much about me and my inner soul? You look deep within to find the procrastinator inside. Staring down at me from a simple sign on the corner of Alameda and Pass Avenue. Telling me so much. Just start. Somewhere. Most likely right where I am. Brilliant.

No need to go searching for some complicated answer somewhere else, there's no long winded journey through therapy to find myself, my true self, my inner self, my authentic self. Why go through all that, spend all that time and all that money and all that introspection? When the answer is staring me right in the face. Right there. Right where I am. If I really want to get somewhere in life, I just need to start where I am.

Should Milt and Edie start their own line of cryptic yet inspirational T-shirts made up of sayings from their signs? Or inspirational posters like Successories? A friend of mine once worked in that store during college. I think she was actually quick demotivated working there. Surrounded by all that happiness and positivity all day made her want to smack a kitten at the end of each day.

There's this razor thin line between motivation and annoyance I've noticed. I've always tried to be positive and inspire people around me, but that can come off as super annoying some times. Too much cheerleading comes off as artifical. What's that from? Cynicism? Realism? Maybe there's not as much need for inspiration as I think?

I love the Milt and Edie signs. They inspire me and make me think deeply about myself for a couple of minutes when I'm at the traffic like at Pass and Alameda. And I wonder how many people in Burbank, who work at Disney and NBC, who work throughout Toluca Lake, at Bob's Big Boy, Priscilla's, Mo's, and Patty's are equally inspired and challenged.