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Well I haven't been the best at getting into the Christmas cheer so far this year, but this cute and annoyingly addictive game is a good start.

Merry bloody Christmas everyone....

I decided I wanted to post again about one of my favourite sites, mainly becasue I think it is importnant to the comminity and I want to help people find it.

I found recently, after entering into a pretty dark phase I have been doubting my ability to make good decisions, whether my reasoning for making decisions is floored, or even whether I really have a clue with what I am doing in my life, but a quick browse through The Post Secret Community Project helps let me know that although I might feel that my problems are the end of the world (as I know it), I am not alone, and others are struggling though life too.

It doesn't make me feel any better about my own issues, it just helps me feel that I am not alone, and not isolated to be struggling and that's important too.

Power to us all.

I love this illustration. It says so much about us, so much more than we would admit to ourselves, yet somehow, when we look at it, it makes us feel a little more comfortable, like we are not alone in our feelings. The beautiful thing about this illustration (well it’s a postcard actually) is that it is entirely genuine. It is not meant as a motivational tool, or as a publicity stunt. It is not selling a brand and it is not making a point. It is not accusational, nor self righteous. It comes from a captivating array of truths on the site PostSecret.com . The simple premise behind the site is that if you have something you want to get off your chest, you can post it on a postcard, anonymously, for it to appear on the site. It has been so successful that they have even published a book (To get a copy of the book look here (aff)).

Yet this post is not a review nor a discussion. It is an admission of my pain at the same feelings. I went for an interesting drink with a colleague from work today. He knew of my plans to leave my job and go it “alone” to try and make my living without a “job”. I want to know what I am capable of, and he helped encapsulate a feeling of the persona that is driving this desire. He said:

“I can liken it to dice. Our whole lives we walk around with our fists clamped tightly around some die; being too scared to see what happens. What you are doing is casting you die to see what could come up”.

It’s true. Whilst I don’t believe in gambling (that’s another post waiting to happen) I do have that feeling that until you risk it all, you cannot know what you are capable of.

So if you feel like this illustration, maybe it’s time you cast your die. Time moves on rapidly (I’ll be 25 tomorrow) and it’s all too easy to feel safe with what you’ve got, not every daring to cast your die.

So consider me this. How will you feel, what answer will you give to yourself, if you leave it too late (and in my head the only “too late” is on your passing bed) with your die uncast. You could have had a pair of sixes clutched in your fist. Admittedly you could have had a pair of ones, but the beauty is, the earlier you roll you die, the more chances you get to roll again.

Well it would seem that many others have found the Apple jibe at Microsoft pretty rude and out of key.

Glad it wasn't just me then!