I was sent this video last week and thought it was very creative and well done.  Obviously there is a difference between learning how to be alone well and how to be alone poorly.

Done well, you grow and learn.

Done poorly, you isolate yourself.

I think this video gives examples of how to be alone WELL.

Don’t deny your need for community.

Find the balance.

Enjoy life.

Grow.

The Ask Joy question for this week was: Do you think gender stereotypes are a bad thing?  My guess is that it was on the heels of me posting these hilarious videos: HERE and HERE

Oh, and Walter make another cameo. I know that’s why you watch these videos.

Question: What do you think about my answer? Do you think men and women are different? Do you think it’s ok to point out stereotypical differences even if they don’t apply to everyone?

Why someone would name their child an action word, I have no idea. I’m still waiting to hear back from Tripp’s parents. However, naming your child an emotion and fruit of the spirit? Totally normal.

Aside from his parent’s judgement…I have found a blog that is truly worth your time, if laughing is an activity in which you like to partake. Well, in the “blogger community” it looks like many of you have already found him. I am last to join the game. (But we don’t need to address my childhood issues.) Thanks to my new Forum and two people posting articles by this Tripp character, I decided to check out his site.

You should too…

www.trippcrosby.com

I love the way his mind writes and there are some video’s that will keep you from working the job you are avoiding even as you read this.

Under his “Dating” section he has this video. He says it’s embarrassing. I think it’s fantastic. Not sure who he was performing for, but I might hire him for my next video when we discuss “dating people with multiple personalities.”

Check out his post on “Being Set Up” HERE

Check out his post on “Can Guys and Girls be Friends” HERE

This movie is coming out today, Friday the 13th….(If there is a black cat in front of the theater, run!)

With it’s near release, I wanted to know; have you read the book?

(The real reason to watch this trailer is because it has one of my current song favorites: Dog Days Are Over. Oh, and you get to see James Franco.)

I read Eat, Pray, Love a few years ago when I was living in a Swiss Chalet. Sounds glamorous. Well, if you consider a bottom bunk and a broken ankle glamorous, then yes. It was. It was luxurious in the sense that most days I had utter quiet and did not have to talk to anyone until evening when the fellow bunkers returned. (Yes, shocker to many of you, I am more of an introvert.) I also had the luxury of reading, sleeping and staring out at the Alps that looked more like a painting than reality. I picked up Eat, Pray, Love because every time I traveled I saw someone with it in the airport. I wanted to figure out what was making all these women (and some men) say, “you should read this.”

I have now read two books by Gilbert to continue assessing her appeal factor to so many. She is an entertaining writer, comes off as transparent, knows her audience and besides us possibly having different spiritual beliefs, I like the way she thinks and processes life. I even watched a video of her speaking to other “creative” types a few months ago. She is motivating and well spoken. She’s the kind of person that you say, “I bet we would be friends.”

She has a seemingly introspective take on life, travel and spirituality, but her take on love and relationships is what interests me most.

…I wanted to hear from you first…

Question: How did the book affect you? Were you left feeling satisfied? Unsatisfied? What did you learn regarding relationships? Did you believe everything in the book? What was your take away? Why did or didn’t you enjoy this book?  What do you think makes movies and books like this so popular?