Apparently I Have a Rube Goldberg Mind

Today I find myself rehashing one of my most prevalent inner debates:  Does everyone else’s mind meander through random, free-flowing thoughts through the course of each day?  Or do most people stay on a focused track, processing tasks and ideas in a linear fashion?

I can never really declare a winner in this debate.  Sometimes I catch glimpses of “sameness” between my inner-flowerchild and everyone else.  The post from Kristen Lamb that I shared on Monday about obsessive tendencies resonated with me, made me feel not so alone.  And other writers tell me the voices in my head are perfectly normal and I don’t require medication.  So, on one side, yeah…I think I’m not so abnormal.

Then I catch other people casting glances at me from the corner of their eye, a perplexed wrinkled in the center of their brow.  I can envision a little cartoon bubble above their head, “Has she lost her ever-lovin’ mind?” Or the ever-popular, “I’m sorry, I thought we were talking about something else.”  When I catch these looks, I add another stone to the opposite side of the she’s-an-odd-bird scale.

My life reflects my random thought process.

One time at a job interview, a hiring manager told me, “I have to say, your resume is one of the few I’ve actually read from top to bottom.  It’s…interesting.”  I think he was being polite:

• Writer
• Radio DJ (Multiple formats, naturally.  Everything from hard rock to country.)
• Administrative Assistant
• Skip Tracer
• Debt Collector
• Business Analyst
• Project Manager
• IT Manager
• Real Estate Agent
• Singer/Songwriter

I probably left a few things out and I haven’t hit fifty yet.

Then today at lunch, a friend of mine posted a youtube video that sums up so much about how my life feels:

So, tell me.  Is this how your mind/life works?  Or have you found a way to cut out all the mousetraps?  Do you WANT to cut out all the mousetraps?

I think I’m a bit of both–hellbent on getting across the finish line one minute, then opting for a mousetrap approach the next.  Either way, getting there is half the fun.