Do You Really Want Things to Be More Normal?

Normal Gets You More Normal.

Is that what you really want? You know the saying… Be careful what you wish for.

A lot of us are asking for a little more normal these days. Are you? I get that, I’ve said it too. But what would that look like? What would more normal be for you?

Have you heard of Jesse Cole? He’s the owner of the Savannah Bananas and he’s one guy who’s standing minor league baseball on its head.

Jesse believes if you’re going to be successful you need to “stand out and be different.” And believe me when I tell you, Jesse walks his talk.

Normal gets normal results” 

– Jesse Cole, CEO Savannah Bananas

But that’s not the kind I’m talking about.

I know, I know… how many kinds of normal are there?

Of course, you know I had to look up the word on Dictionary.com. I knew I’d find either some inherent wisdom, or an outright paradox. Their first definition is the best fit…

normal [nawr–muhl]

adjective

1. conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.

That about covers it, doesn’t it? Not so fast.

Normal in and of itself isn’t inherently good or bad, desirable or undesirable. We all know many people who would give anything for a week of normal. Or a day of normal. I’m guessing most of us would. Even if more normal turns out to be a little bit boring.

Just give me a break. For one day. It’s all I ask.

So why would you want more normal in your life?

This is a classic Seth Godin question—When will it calm down? Or maybe, What is normal anyway? Those aren’t quoted questions, just the kind that likely inspired his post on Seth’s Blog “There will be weather tomorrow.”

In proper Seth Godin style, it’s a short post. Who needs a lot of words when way too many words are, well, the norm?

So here’s the real point… in just eleven words.

But the swirl is normal… There’s just the chaos of now.”

—Seth

Sounds like if more normal is what you want, normal is what you’re going to get. Yes, each and every day you’re lucky enough to wake up and greet the world, you’ll get a little more normal… and possibly a lot more swirl.

I’ll ask you again, why would you want more normal in your life?

Maybe you don’t?

Go for ‘untucked’ instead.

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