Remember that scene from the Sixth Sense, where Bruce Willis realizes he’s not alive?
That’s kind of how I’ve been feeling lately.
It started a couple months ago when I went to the DMV to renew my tabs on my truck. The DMV sent me a letter with all of my details on it reminding me to renew. On a nice summer day, the kids and I hopped on our bikes and rode the the DMV.
It was a particularly busy day at the DMV and we waited patiently. When it was our turn (an hour later) the lady couldn’t find my truck on my account. She asked me if my name changed…nope. Address? Nope. I have been at the same address with the same name since I’ve owned the truck. She said I would need a written note from my husband so she could check his name.
ummm…
There are so many things WRONG with that, the MOST important thing being it’s MY truck in MY name! It felt like I was at a mechanic’s shop and they wouldn’t talk to me like a human because I’m female (that has also happened to me).
When I asked her to tell me which vehicles were listed under me she said she couldn’t. It’s a privacy issue. It’s MY NAME! She said I could ask and she could verify but she couldn’t tell me which were listed. Doesn’t that seem backwards? What if there is a vehicle (or two) listed under me that shouldn’t be? How would anyone catch that error?
She asked if I had the VIN number. I told her we biked there and I didn’t have it and she replied she couldn’t help me.
I will be the first to admit, I’m old school. I like my kids to play with old school toys like dirt (LOL) and bikes. I’d rather go to a store than shop online but after that encounter…the wait, the rudeness, maybe I’m better off ordering the tabs online so I don’t have the hassle.
This is just one of many examples I have. Companies are making me feel like I don’t exist.
I am often quiet. I live a peaceful, reflective life. I don’t think the Diva in me ever matured, but it might be time to wake her ASS up and put a spark under her.
I don’t want to live an invisible unnoticed life. I want to live BIG and let my inner light shine so bright you can see it from miles away. All I’ve ever wanted was to be accepted by just to being me.
As I turn up the volume on my life, I urge the same from you.
We can’t be small, there is no room for small dim humans, we were all mean to SHINE.
Namaste,
Jes xoxo