Well, no, that’s not an entirely true statement. To be fair, you need a basis of comparison to make that kind of call. Do I have my shit together better than you do? More than likely. For better or worse I am one of the more stable people I know. Can’t say if that’s a good thing about me or a poor commentary on the rest of ya’ll.
I’ve recently been told that more people should be like me, because I have my shit together. It got me thinking, because I’ve never really thought of myself as having it all together. Look, I’m never in a state of panic, or feel like my entire world is falling apart either. I just take life day by day and do what I do. I’m rarely overextended and can deliver on most of my promises. It’s certainly not because I’m some sort of amazing person either. More than anything it’s a testament to the fact that I rarely try all that hard to do anything. Lack of effort equals lack of disappointment.
After some ponderance I came to the conclusion that it makes more sense to say that I know how to handle my shit rather than that I have it together. But that may be semantics; I’m not exactly sure how other people define their “shit.” Nor do I understand why the slang for fecal matter represents someone’s “business” or “life.”
In the end I think the sentiment has little to do with how well my life is going or how I handle things, but everything to do with how I talk about my life. Or more accurately, how little I talk about my life. My problems are my problems, my successes are my successes, and my faults are not your fault. That’s a big one right there. The incessant whiny rabble that occupies the bulk of my listening day stems from the blame game.
People seem to want to share their problems with everyone they meet. I suppose they want us to understand what’s happened to them and realize that it really isn’t their fault. It’s a fairly logical way to go, and very occasionally it’s even correct. But the problem is that I just don’t care, and I mean at all. It goes both ways too, I don’t care what caused your problems, but I also don’t really care what causes mine. The reasons behind a problem have almost nothing to do with the solution. It may be person X’s fault, but I’m still the guy that has to fix it.
So maybe I have my fecal matter together, and maybe I don’t. Either way you’ll never really know, because it’s none of your business. And feel free to think your feces are none of mine business either.
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