It's Not Rocket Science - Boring is Better - Fall 2007 PDF Print E-mail
Written by Michele Rowe   

Michele wants to embrace her boringness and reject society's pressure to acheive life-changing heights of adventure.
Don't get me wrong; I'm all for adventure. After all, I've been married three times and had four children! But the ceaseless pressure women face to have 'life-changing experiences' or 'aha moments' on a daily basis is wearing a little thin.

Once upon a time, we were happy to be alive and breathing; now we are supposed to savour every breath in marathon sessions of blessed-out meditation. We wanted our children to grow up to be decent folk. Now, we spend all our time and money ensuring that they are self-actualized and fulfilling their full potential as the next NHL star or top model. I am conscious of the fact that every purchase I make may support a revolution or topple a dictator. And I just went to the mall to buy a package of big, white, cotton panties!

Okay, I admit it-my favourite ice cream flavour is vanilla, I order the same food in restaurants to avoid being disappointed, and I use the same public bathroom stalls each time. But there must be others like me out there who are tired of the constant entreaties to "live big lives" or make every moment count. Most days, all I can manage is scurrying along a continuum of chaos between basically functioning and curled up in a fetal position on the bathroom floor!

Fellow lovers of all things mundane and manageable, join me! Instead of bringing sexy back, let's bring boring back. It costs less, doesn't require any salon procedures, and is attainable for most of us. In fact, I suspect I just might be spectacular at it.

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Michele Rowe
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Michele Rowe is a poet and writer with a number of other jobs that pay the mortgage. Michele has a Bachelor of Social Work degree from the University of Regina and has worked in community development and adult education. She is currently a workshop facilitator for the Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technology in the P.A.C.E. Crystal Meth program. She has also performed stand-up comedy and wants to grow up to be a motivational speaker. Her poetry has appeared in Room of One's Own and Prairie Fire. Her writing has been punctuated by the births of her children, aged 24 to 6. In her house, family planning is an oxymoron. She lives in Dalmeny, Saskatchewan, with her youngest daughter, long-suffering husband, three cats, and two dogs.
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