Change your position, Change your chi

Over a year ago, back in the other A-town in Australia, my friend Prue and I went out to a bar for some Friday after work drinks.

The beer garden in this bar was pumping, drunk people everywhere behaving badly, (we were not an exception, however, comparatively, since we had just arrived, we were well behaved) - imagine them falling into hedges, squealing, running around waving shoes above their heads, etc etc - and that was just the guys in suits.

Prue and I had a great time watching the circus, and it was all we could do but point and laugh (openly). However, we got a little bored after about 20 minutes in the same spot.

"We need to change our chi." she declared. ( For the uninformed, "chi" being the energy that surrounds you, sort of like a "vibe", comparable to a mix of the forces of nature that govern your fate, combined with your aura.) "We need to get another drink and change positions. Watch the world go by from another angle."

So we did. We picked up our glasses of Starvedog Lane Sauvignon blanc, and took about 4 steps to the left, and landed ourselves right next to a group of guys, and spent the next half hour trying to convince them that Prue was an erotic novelist, and I was her publisher.

It worked for about five minutes. And it was kind of funny. And then we got into an argument with them. And then we left. And then as we waited for a taxi, they walked out too, and scowled at us and walked on. And then we all ended up going to the same bar. Anyway, what happened after that was irrelevant, because quite frankly, they were losers. And we are awesome.

However, my point is this - we all need to have a change in position sometimes, to spark a change in Chi. You don't know what will happen if you move around a bit and see the world from another perspective. Surround yourself with new people, in a new environment. If you're bored, a move is a good thing, most of the time.

It's the life equivalent of getting up from behind your desk and getting a cup of coffee to reinvigorate yourself, and moving rooms for a moment or maybe longer. You never know who or what you are going to run into on your way to the coffee room, or what sort of interesting things you'll learn in the coffee room. If nothing else, you've just had a little walk, and refreshed your senses, and damn, that cafe au lait tastes good after sitting down for so long. And you can feel your brain slowly waking up again becoming alert to things it might not have paid any attention to before.

Whether it's in a bar, an office, or in my current case, in a city.

I need to see how life works in another part of town I think. So, we'll see how it goes with the hunt and possibly the move.