Comments on: Friday the 13th: What a lucky day!

By: Betsy Talbot

Betsy Talbot — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:26:42 +0000

Donna, sometimes the hardest person to convince is yourself – at least that is true for me. So calling myself a runner does way more to convince me than anyone else. As a matter of fact, I’m always shocked when I tell someone I’m going to run the half-marathon and they just nod their heads like it is the most normal thing in the world. So far no one has burst out laughing. You are spot on!

Kate, I hear this one a lot! “I would love to travel but I have kids.” We know of several families who travel, and one in particular who did it with a 1-year-old. So it can definitely be done – if someone really wants to do it. Just like any other goal. Good one!

By: Kate

Kate — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:57:44 +0000

Here’s one:

I can’t do ‘xyz’ until my kids move out or I retire.

By: Donna Royer

Donna Royer — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:57:13 +0000

Betsy, I so love this post and it is so right-on. I truly believe we are who we say we are, etc. When I first started running I would say, “I am a runner. There is no road I can’t run, no trail I can’t traverse.” It works, and it works for any area of our lives!

By: Debbie Rosemont

Debbie Rosemont — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:39:40 +0000

Betsy,

I’ve always had a great Friday the 13th and I think that’s in part because I decide to. Can’t say its luck, but I do believe in the self-fufilling prophecy.

Today I had a good networking meeting, followed by a Chamber luncheon in which I won a big door prize (valued at $1000 – holy smokes!), followed by a wonderful organizing appointment with a business client at the end of which she declared “I always feel lighter after our work together”. Now that’s a great day!

My son asked me about an hour ago if I thought Friday the 13th was an unlucky day, and I told him that ever since I was young, I believed it was a lucky day. I hope he’ll decide that for all of the Friday the 13th’s that will come in his life, he’ll have good days too.

Thanks for your thought-provoking post. May all of your future Friday the 13th’s be great as well, whether by luck or by design!

By: Betsy

Betsy — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:17:25 +0000

It’s funny that you bring up the point about changing your husband (or trying to). That should be a future blog post. At our house, what one of us considers a helpful suggestion the other takes as an effort to change him/her. It can get sticky. Time to write – thanks for the spark!

By: Angela

Angela — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:34:21 +0000

I love it that you’re calling yourself a runner- good for you!Because you are one now.

I noticed something interesting while I was reading this- all the superstitions you wrote, I thought of someone I knew- the one about being fat- my SIL, “you have to be rich to travel”- that’s my husband a little bit and we actually argue about it. So what are MY superstititions- I’m a little too focused on other people- I should worry about myself and stop trying to change my husband.

Thanks Betsy!