The Scientific Method
On to the next hypothesis
That didn’t last long.
With the secular and religious New Years, I get two chances to make resolutions. I also have double the opportunity to fail.
One of my resolutions is to interrupt less. My interruptions don’t come from wanting to hear myself talk.1 It comes from knowing exactly what you are going to say so I don’t need to hear you say it.
But here I am, 3 days into the New Year, and Matt wants to berate me for giving up on napping discuss my New Year’s napping regimen. We all have our roles to play. Matt is the bully. I am the calm, sweet-hearted man filled with child-like wonder and polite as the day is long. Yada Yada Yada on and on and on, with no interruptions and finally I relent. I napped yesterday. So he won the battle. But I got to nap, so I won the war. Win-win. And I didn’t interrupt him. Win-win-win.2
So what did I learn from my non-napping? 1) Matt is a bully; 2) He didn’t have to work so hard to convince me to nap; 3) I slept a little bit better the first two nights, thinking I was on to something, but terribly the third night; 4) I missed the “me” time more than the sleep; 5) I can power through a “need’ if I really need to, even when I have the opportunity to nap; and 6) I never want to try that again.
Like some people.
That’s two wins for me and one for him.
[Ed. Don’t forget that I made you do my bidding, which is a separate and delightful win in addition to your relenting — that makes us tied at two by my count.]