idiot medicine

Proverbs 10:26

“Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes is the sluggard to the one who trusted him.”

Idiot School November

#11 Be Irresponsible and Unreliable

The air is cool, the night is crisp and a campfire has been lit…

you sit, watching the fire dance…

until…the smoke turns in your direction.

Since bond fire smoke always chases youth and beauty, the smoke fills your eyes.

It stings. It ruins the moment. It’s awful.

THAT is what we are shooting for.

Similar to taking a huge gulp of what you thought was a cup of life giving water and it turns out to be a swig of vinegar. You throw up a little in your mouth.

To ensure this effect on those trusting you and relying on you…

always drop out last minute, cancel on commitments (or better, just do not show up and ignore it), and do not bring what you said you would bring. 

Always forgetting you borrowed that, forgot to return it, forgot you said you would.

People love their eyes smoked and teeth vinegarded.

Do not let your yes be yes and no be no.

That creates too much goodness.

People think they would want fewer “yes’s” from you, that you can deliver, rather than more “yes’s” where you drop the ball…but they do not.

When people do not know what to expect from you, the quit expecting anything from you…which is how we begin to accomplish being irresponsible and unreliable.

Be a sluggard! Be a sluggard! Be a sluggard!

It’s the stuff of legends.

Life is better that way.

P.S. Normalize never being on time, because remember, the world revolves around us.

Grindforth!

November “Idiot School”, all month long, baby.

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