Rules of Awesomeness

Rule 52 - Did you know that March 10th is the International Day of Awesomeness?  Sure it may not get the attention that President’s Day, Memorial Day, or New Years Day gets…but that doesn’t mean it is any less important.  So what is Int’l Day of Awesomeness? 

According to DayofAwesomeness.com, it is a celebration of awesomeness. People are awesome every day, frequently don’t realize it, and their feats of awesomeness are rarely recognized. We aim to fix that, with a special day to both perform and celebrate feats of awesomeness!

Most of you are walking the path of the awesome already so you may ask yourself, “What else can I do to be more awesome to celebrate this day”?  The answer is simple: take your awesome to the next level.  Maybe you go out of your way to help someone out, pick up a lunch tab for your co-workers, join the Rules of Awesomeness FB fan page and share the link with all your friends (that plug…was totally awesome), or give a friend or relative a phone call today that you havent talked to in a while.  Be creative. 

Living the life of awesome means you have to continually strive to reach new levels of awesomery (creating new words is friggin awesome too).  Leave a comment about what you did today to take awesome to new levels.  Just remember, being awesome doesn’t start and stop on March 10th.  You need to keep on keeping on every day of the year.  Stay awesome my friends.

This fox is showing how awesome he is by helping out this duck.

This post was written by Chad Elkins.

Rule 51 - Ok so Valentines Day is a made up “Hallmark holiday”, but that doesn’t mean it should be avoided.  Whether people want to admit it or not, everyone has some inner desire to be wanted or to know that someone out there cares about them as a person.  Unfortunately, when this one particular day rolls around each year not everyone out there has that someone special to show them they are loved and appreciated.  If you have someone special to shower with affection on this day you need to do it.  Don’t simply back off and claim it is nothing more than a bogus holiday.  Obviously, you should show them you care every day of the year, but follow through today by kicking it up a notch. 

Something else you should do which I feel is actually just as important (if not moreso) is to show someone that may be having a tough time today that you are thinking about them.  I’m sure we all know someone who may be taking today a little harder for a variety of reasons like recently broken up, divorced, lonely, widower, etc.  What can you do?  How about sending that person flowers, calling them to chat, or invite them out for lunch or dinner to get them out of their home and into a social setting around other people.  No one likes to feel alone and this feeling is amplified on a day like today.  Show someone you care about them…that is the path of the awesome.

Spiderman + Valentines Day Card = Awesome

This post was written by Chad Elkins.

Rule 50 - There is just something special about the number 50 and because of that it should always be celebrated.  Whether it’s the 50th wedding anniversary, 50 years of something being in existence, or even the 50th rule posted on a blog about being awesome…you should always make it a point to celebrate and acknowledge this milestone.  I’m not really sure what makes reaching this number such an achievement, but for some reason it just always seems special.  Whatever the reason, embrace this special number and celebrate its awesomeness.

This post was written by Chad Elkins.

Rule 49 - Use the word “awesome” in a sentence at least once a day. It may take a little getting used to at first, but eventually it will become a habit…and that’s awesome.

This post was written by Chad Elkins.

Rule 48 - This being the final post of 2009, I thought it would be fitting to discuss an annual event that is held on this very night…New Years Eve.  For many, tonight is an evening of sharing an intimate dinner with your partner and attending parties together.  Sure this is great for all the folks who have found that special someone…but what about all those single people out there?  Some of you may be tempted to just stay home…don’t.  New Years Eve is like the Super Bowl of going out for three primary reasons.

1. Overhyped - Is there a more overhyped night for going out on the town all year long?  I think not. Restaurants all over try to get you to eat there and bars try to entice you with drink specials and late night buffets, etc.  The week leading up to NYE is just as commercialized as the week leading up to the Super Bowl.

2. Overpriced - Nothing like going out to eat at a restaurant that is charging you three times what it would cost to eat there any other night of the year…not unlike Super Bowl tickets.

3. Game Clock - When you are single and out cruising the bars/parties think of it the same way you would any night except for one primary difference…there is a game clock.  Unlike most nights when you can casually take your time on talking with folks and narrowing down your choice of who to hit on, New Years Eve adds that new element of time…yep…the stroke of midnight.  This means you have to get there, take down a couple confidence drinks, and get right to work on moving that ball down the field to score that touchdown kiss at midnight.  Once you have that groundwork laid and get that all important kiss…then you can casually party with your new companion for a little while longer then retire to someplace a little more…quiet.

Sure all of this mess ads a little complexity to the evening, but embrace the Super Bowl…er…New Years Eve hype and rush out onto the field.  Even you single folks out there that are dreading getting suited up, don’t be all glum.  All of the other single people are in the exact same stadium and on the exact same field as you are right now.  Take comfort in that you are all in this together and whatever you do don’t sit at home tonight.  No matter how bad a time you wind up having trying to score that touchdown out somewhere…it will still be more fun than sitting at home alone.  And who knows, tonight could be the night you meet someone really great…which would really ad a level of awesomeness to the start of your new year. 

Happy New Year everyone and thanks for reading.  Stay awesome my friends.

This post was written by Chad Elkins.