People in show business often use the expression "break a leg" when they want to wish luck to an act that is about to perform.
Since I am at engineer, although sometimes I do business development, which is a less glamorous version of acting, I recently decided to break my elbow instead.
Almost everyone, has mentioned to me how lucky I am that I broke my left arm being right handed, but they are wrong, in today's world, that is no longer defined by the hand you use for writing but for the one you use to take selfies.
It is still early to confirm whether this fracture will bring me some more meaningful luck, but judging by my latest insurance bill, I am double "broke" now.
But I am a firm believer that you have to always look at the bright side of things. I have made a lot of people happy, specially all my colleagues now that the get one line emails due to the speed of my typing. And this fracture has been like a revelation in my life. Actually now that I am not crossfitting anymore, I realized how many things you can do in a day and that I can even have time to think instead of having to constantly count reps. That has made me see the world with new eyes.
For instance, it has helped me understand vegans. Believe me, once you have singlehanded tried to cut a steak, you may just giving up meat all together to avoid that level of frustration.
I have also discovered that the most important thing a human can have in life is not love, respect or a lifetime subscription to Netflix. If Shakespeare claimed that Richard the Third shouted: "My kingdom for a horse" after being defeated in the Battle of Bosworth, I had to admit that during my first shower after the injury, I shouted: "my kingdom for a loofah brush".
Another interesting fact that I noticed about this new me, its that I have become (even) more emotional. Maybe it is just a side effect of the medication but I recently found myself crying of happiness when I finally managed to open a jar of tuna with one hand. That said, after several failed attempts that put all my engineering skills to the test.
But the injury has not only allowed me to discover things about my friends. They all have kindly offered to do the shopping for me, which I can easily do online, but not the actual cooking, which I cant. I guess none of them are Masterchef fans
Talking about friends, who would have thought that a fracture was going to be the best conversation starter ever. I highly recommend to those of you that are single and shy that immediately buy a splinter or a cast. Forget Tinder, Crossfit or any of these old fashion dating methods. Whether you are in the office, the mall or the lamest bar in town. No woman or man will reject you when you approach them with a bottle of beer to be opened. Or a jar of tuna, if you are that desperate.
Since I am at engineer, although sometimes I do business development, which is a less glamorous version of acting, I recently decided to break my elbow instead.
Almost everyone, has mentioned to me how lucky I am that I broke my left arm being right handed, but they are wrong, in today's world, that is no longer defined by the hand you use for writing but for the one you use to take selfies.
It is still early to confirm whether this fracture will bring me some more meaningful luck, but judging by my latest insurance bill, I am double "broke" now.
But I am a firm believer that you have to always look at the bright side of things. I have made a lot of people happy, specially all my colleagues now that the get one line emails due to the speed of my typing. And this fracture has been like a revelation in my life. Actually now that I am not crossfitting anymore, I realized how many things you can do in a day and that I can even have time to think instead of having to constantly count reps. That has made me see the world with new eyes.
For instance, it has helped me understand vegans. Believe me, once you have singlehanded tried to cut a steak, you may just giving up meat all together to avoid that level of frustration.
I have also discovered that the most important thing a human can have in life is not love, respect or a lifetime subscription to Netflix. If Shakespeare claimed that Richard the Third shouted: "My kingdom for a horse" after being defeated in the Battle of Bosworth, I had to admit that during my first shower after the injury, I shouted: "my kingdom for a loofah brush".
Another interesting fact that I noticed about this new me, its that I have become (even) more emotional. Maybe it is just a side effect of the medication but I recently found myself crying of happiness when I finally managed to open a jar of tuna with one hand. That said, after several failed attempts that put all my engineering skills to the test.
But the injury has not only allowed me to discover things about my friends. They all have kindly offered to do the shopping for me, which I can easily do online, but not the actual cooking, which I cant. I guess none of them are Masterchef fans
Talking about friends, who would have thought that a fracture was going to be the best conversation starter ever. I highly recommend to those of you that are single and shy that immediately buy a splinter or a cast. Forget Tinder, Crossfit or any of these old fashion dating methods. Whether you are in the office, the mall or the lamest bar in town. No woman or man will reject you when you approach them with a bottle of beer to be opened. Or a jar of tuna, if you are that desperate.
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