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Your Headline Here

December 7, 2016 by Mark Shepard

Your Headline Here
[Your Headline Goes Here…]

I never really know what the subject line or the headline should be until after I write the post… So why do I keep attempting to come up with them FIRST?

Because MailChimp, the email system I use, ASKS for subject lines and headlines FIRST. And I usually start typing THERE before I paste it all HERE… I do that because I know a lot about the people who are on my email list…

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…And it helps to have an audience in mind when communicating ideas…

And I COMPLY with friendly, helpful MailChimp by attempting to fit into THEIR agenda. It’s just easier. They make it easier by gently putting a deadline on an action. Do it now! Here! Just fill in this little blank right now… right now. right now… do this now…

It works. AND it’s a form of every day “hypnosis”.

Do you see how “hypnosis” is all pervasive? We are constantly being “guided” by other people’s “agendas” or “programs” for us.

And for the most part we LIKE it. It’s not some “evil plan”. It’s helpful. [Yes… my email list is helpful and free]

We like it because deciding what to do all the time is EXHAUSTING. But this is one key clue to what’s constantly going on beneath the surface of “us”.

Your conscious mind thinks it’s in control but it is always TRUMPED by your unconscious mind’s constantly seeking direction for what to do next… It either comes from your conscious mind or it’s going to come from somewhere else… the media, your family, your friends, your neighbors, (not that any of that is bad, it’s not “bad” its just constantly slipping through your “filters” and affecting you without your conscious awareness and my whole deal is that I help people to be Modern Jedi Mind Masters by teaching them how to see the actual “Matrix” of the world we live in so compliently).

So today, don’t do anything that I tell you to do.
Don’t do anything that I merely suggest you do.
In fact don’t do anything that anyone else wants you to do…

Until YOU decide you want to do it.

That’s what I’m working on today. It all started when the cashier at the store told me to “have a nice holiday”. And I told her, “I will if I want to!” And it’s only the first week of December so can’t we wait at least another week to start with all the Xmas stuff? Sheesh…

end of short rant.
Oh! Where was I? Oh yes!

Attempting to be clear about what I really want to do today… Because there’s a ton of stuff that HAS to happen today… But what I really feel like doing is just lazing around the house… So I figured I’d write some of these thoughts down in the process of checking one thing off the to do list and possibly getting a couple others done at the same time… and it just irked me for some reason that before I have any idea what I’m gonna write about these darn “Mail Chimps” want to know what my dang subject line and headline is…

And I do NOT have a clue… And you know what else? The hardest part of writing or of starting ANY project is actually STARTING… but Once you take a deep breath and start something, it begins to line up priorities  for you.. in the same way… So hey, whatever gets you started…

And if just riffing about something totally inane and un related to anything gets the creative juices going then you might want to give that a try sometime… but only if you want to…

And all that brings me to today’s “HEADLINE” (remember the whole thing about the “headline” up there at the top?)

And if your process requires that you shake things up every once in a while that may mean challenging the existing order, questioning authority and stepping back out of the “matrix” of everyday life for a few moments… for me, that means today I’m putting the headline LAST.

And I’m skipping the “subject” line until I’m damn well ready to put something INTRIGUING in it…

For YOU it may mean turning off the TV for the rest of the day, or your cell phone (gasp!) or ignoring your constant texts and emails for an hour or two… or until YOU are ready to have clear thoughts and a centered approach to your day… Hell don’t even bother listening to the awesome song I’m sharing with you below. Unless you have the desire to tune your inner world more with my help.

then go right ahead…

and did you see what I just did?

I told you what to do by telling you to feel free NOT to do anything I suggest…

Whatever you do, Don’t have a fabulous day… unless you simply insist on having a fabulous day.

Oh Yes! here’s the headline:

ABDUCTED BY ALIENS!

Compulsive Singer/Songwriter/Storyteller/Hypnotist Returns with This Message…

“Begin to Practice Considering the Possibility of

THINKing FOR YOURSELF This Holiday Season”

or how about this one?

Kardasian SUCCESS SECRET! The TRUTH REVEALED.

How the Kardasians (and Donald Trump AND Oprah) Have Been Completely Honest About Who They Are So That They Turn Some People Into Raving Fans (and safely ignore others who despise them but who they will never win over and who they don’t even worry about winning over because they don’t need to)…

and How YOU Can Too!

or how about this one?

HUH? Ummm… Hey!

Well. Whatever. Here’s a song. I’m not suggesting it’s a good song. But it sure makes me happy when I sing it or listen to it so maybe it IS a good song… Joy Adler says it’s a great song… Joe Mennonna believes it’s a fabulous song… But YOU can decide… if you want to… Whenever you’re ready to be ready…
Song # 499 “Honest Rock” (Live with the Rogue Mystics)

– Mark

p.s. BTW whatever you do DON’T listen to the song…

p.p.s. … Unless you want to…

p.p.p.s. But Thank you for wanting to… It helps a lot…… on Wednesdays… in December…

Inspirational Picture

p.p.p.p.p.p.s. Here’s an inspirational picture I would normally put up at the top of the post, of someone doing something really intense and cool that you and I will probably never do but that we think we could do if we wanted but the truth is we don’t want to climb rocks because we know we could really, really, really get hurt and that would be dumb.

But then we stop ourselves from doing other things that we THINK could hurt us but that would be GOOD for us if only we would take a deep breath and be honest with ourselves you know?

About why we’re really here. I mean, really.

Why are YOU here? What’s this life thing all about?

and it felt really good to put the picture last because I hope you remember the visual and metaphorically imagine yourself successfully climb ing to the next level of mastery in our next 90 day Challenge… so if  you want to work on your “stuff” with other people who are also working on their stuff click this Contact Link and reach out to me ok? Let me know you want to be on the VIP list of “interesteds”. Ok? cool.

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