The more time I spend around people (and the older I get), I realize more and more that it’s so important to stick to my intuition.  Sometimes I get a gut feeling that something isn’t right or I have an idea or plan that other people may not understand.  I need to ALWAYS trust my feeling. I’m not saying to ignore everyone else, but, weigh their opinions carefully. 

Only you can understand you and learning to trust your instinct will guide you at all times.  There have been so many past instances in which I have tried to ignore that dreaded “gut feeling” and have learned now to embrace the feeling and listen to it.  This way you end up with no regrets.

One example that inspired this post happened just this morning: In the process of remodeling our kitchen, we have ended up with a lot of random items that we have decided to sell on Craigslist, if possible.  I created a post for an old cast-iron sink that we no longer need and waited to see if anyone was interested.  I was happy to see an email from someone in Maryland this morning telling me that he would love to come pick it up and asked me to call him to set up a time.  I called him and left a message, giving him my cell phone number in the process so he could call me back.  He immediately called back and I got a strange feeling in the first 10 seconds of our conversation. 

The man started to ask me questions and told me that it would be hard for him to pick up the sink at night since he lives in Baltimore.  When I asked him what time would typically work for him he didn’t give me a straight answer.  He asked me where I worked and I told him “Arlington” and he suggested I bring the sink to work and he could come pick it up during the day and meet me at my car.  When I told him that his plan essentially made no sense because I live about a mile and a half from where I work, he started to ramble on.  I also told him that it was too heavy for me to lift into the car and bring to work (this thing is probably 90lbs) and he suggested I get someone to put it in the car for me. 

Then, he asked me for my address.

At this point I said “my husband can call you and give it to you if you set up a time to meet him, but I can’t do it.” and ended up getting off the phone really quickly.  Afterwards I was really glad I didn’t just give him information unnecessarily.  Sure, he can probably do a reverse look up on my cell phone and he could find some things out about me… but he certainly isn’t ending up with my home address.  What a weirdo.  This could have amounted to nothing OR it could have ended up being dangerous. 

You never know– so listen when you are trying to tell yourself something!!

…Because you listen to yourself talk all day anyway.  You might as well listen to your inner thoughts.