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\"Lenovo\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Back and Macless but not without a story\u2026you\u2019re shocked I know.\u00a0 There is a reason why my adventure into the world of Mac didn\u2019t work out, not just because some people are Mac people and some people aren\u2019t.\u00a0 Even though I had a Mac Guru there was a reason why he was unable to assist due to family and work constraints.\u00a0 You\u2019ve heard me say it before if it\u2019s not a blessing it\u2019s a lesson.<\/p>\n

The Mac went back and I began the hunt for another laptop, windows based, light weight, beautiful grahics blah blah blah.\u00a0 If you type those characteristics into google several brands come up.\u00a0 Now I start asking around and see who\u2019s using what beyond Mac.\u00a0 Then I ask a friend\u2026one of my former employees from a thousand years ago works for Lenovo\u2026what do you suggest?\u00a0 Several instant messages later not only does she confirm my recent research she assists in the sale\u2026it was a lovely and generous assist but for me her reasoning was the most heartwarming thing I\u2019ve heard in a very long time.\u00a0 Ghandi said you may never know what effect you have in the world but if you do nothing there will be nothing.\u00a0 Apparently I did something for her many many years ago that I had no knowledge of, I was doing my best as her manager and she never forgot me and felt I did more than my best. I have watched her become a woman of substance, a loving mother and beautiful soul over the last several years and my heart bursts for her with every new and exciting life hurdle she overcomes.\u00a0 I could not have been more flattered or humbled by her loving words and generosity.\u00a0 This is why the Mac didn\u2019t work out.<\/p>\n

It also didn\u2019t work out because I chose it for all the wrong reasons.\u00a0 Initially when my laptop died I first asked all the creative people I know and they unequivocally said they use Mac\u2026so that\u2019s what thought I had to do too.\u00a0 The thing is it doesn\u2019t make me less creative if I don\u2019t use a Mac, doesn\u2019t make them more creative because they do\u2026I was trying to follow something that I wasn\u2019t, I was negating all the expertise, experience and background I had in Windows for something I thought I should be using if I wanted to be considered creative.\u00a0 The medium you use does not determine your level of creativity\u2026ever. I will never again discount my experience, expertise or hard earned background to follow a crowd. Lesson learned.\u00a0 By the way, all of that expertise and experience is the reason why so many people find it difficult to assimilate to Mac, it gets in the way.\u00a0 I\u2019ve been saying intuitive my ass for that very reason.\u00a0 The youngest of the young can open the box and begin using those products mainly because they lack context, for them lack of context equals intuitiveness.\u00a0\u00a0 Ok, I\u2019m done with that now\u2026maybe.<\/p>\n

Now my laptop is ordered complete with all the bells and whistles, my preferred software and the wait begins.\u00a0 Now mind you I don\u2019t have a laptop\u2026\u2026\u2026what I do have is a camera full of images, 40gbs to be exact, and nowhere to do my work.\u00a0 Here\u2019s another reason why this happened, I\u2019ve learned to value my work.\u00a0 My work, not the job I do each day that pays the mortgage, my work.\u00a0 My words and images and thoughts and observations and tastes and smells and recognitions and on and on.\u00a0 My work. I missed my work.\u00a0 I found myself wallowing in several different unproductive waist high marshes of boredom and television watching.\u00a0\u00a0 Until I had to travel for a few different reasons and downloaded some very pivotal audio books. Bless you Brene\u2019 Brown and Marie Kondo for putting your work out in the world for me to grab on to and go.<\/p>\n

You all know I can fill a construction grade big green garbage bag but putting your house in order according to Marie Kondo takes it to a whole new level.\u00a0 The amount of nostalgic hold me backs that went in the trash or got donated lifted a weight I never even knew I was carrying.\u00a0 Not done yet but the really hard stuff is going to require supervision\u2026just sayin.<\/p>\n

Finally my laptop is making its way from Shanghai, probably from the plant next door to Apple (but I digress) and should arrive on Monday 10-5-15.\u00a0 The thing is it arrived early, does that ever happen (do not roll your eyes), on Friday 10-2-15 after I\u2019m visiting my mother for her care update meeting I come home to the notice on the door that says we\u2019ll be back on Monday.\u00a0 Oh no you won\u2019t\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026I call UPS and beg them to get a hold of the driver, he\u2019s out of the area already. Really?\u00a0 The notice on the door was delivered 20 minutes ago.\u00a0 Ok, yes hold it at the Customer Center and I\u2019ll pick it up tonight.\u00a0 What time?\u00a0 Between 8-9pm.\u00a0 Well I thought why not go down there early, bat my eyelashes use my best can ya help a sistah out routine and see what happens.\u00a0 Here\u2019s the thing, there is no one there UNTIL 8pm.\u00a0 \u00a0I drove down there in the pouring rain during rush hour to try and work a thing, lesson learned.<\/p>\n

What the hell am I going to do for an hour and a half?\u00a0 There is a huge mall a few miles from the UPS Center and I make my way over there, chiding myself the whole way about thinking I\u2019ll get in and get out of there with my laptop under my arm, and find myself in the parking lot near Lord and Taylor when someone pulls out of a first row, six spaces in parking place\u2026.best parking karma ever.\u00a0 Again, do NOT roll your eyes.<\/p>\n

As I get out of the car I notice my phone is about to die\u2026I plug it in and go.\u00a0 No phone, no contact, just me soaking wet headed into the mall.\u00a0 I walk through Lord and Taylor and beyond the mall side entrance is an oasis called\u2026wait for it\u2026Aroma Espresso Bar. Behind the counter is Lamar, who asks how I\u2019m doing and takes my order.\u00a0 I know what I looked like, a nearly drowned rat with a bit of the shivers, so Lamar assured me he\u2019d make everything piping hot.\u00a0 Amen.\u00a0 There are no pictures with this post because my phone was left in the car but Lamar set the most beautiful tray in front me complete with croissant, a chocolate, and napkins.\u00a0 My latte had a gorgeous foam art heart that instantly warmed me.\u00a0 I couldn\u2019t thank this young man enough.<\/p>\n

And so I sat people watching, writing in the journal I always have with me and sipping my latte.\u00a0 The heart never lost its shape, with each sip I took a bit went down my throat but it always kept its shape and there\u2019s the lesson, if you work from your heart it will always keep its shape\u2026.I have been working from my heart all day with my new laptop, blessing the people who helped get me through to this day Muriel, Linda, Anthony and Lamar, and utterly enjoying my work.\u00a0 Amen<\/p>\n

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