How to know when it's time to stop and have a break

I could have named this post 'Why I hate Twitter' but that felt a little harsh.

I sat down last night for a little 'me' time. This meant that I finally had time to work on my website. 

The first thing I would get done would be to reinstate my Twitter account so that I could use it to post links to my blogs, etc.

A couple of years ago, when I first had this idea, I built my twitter account up to about 800 followers. 

As I logged on, I hit the first road block - someone had spammed my account. There were about 24 'tweets' advertising the best place to buy a ROLEX.

I took a deep breath and began deleting all of the posts one by one.

Then, with great excitement, I wrote a clever tweet with link to one of my favourite blog posts.

Second roadblock - A message popped up saying that I sounded like a spammer and the post could not be sent. 

So, I tried to write something else without a link, same result. 

I figured I'd do it another way. I went to my blog and tried to post a link to twitter by hitting the tweet button beneath the post. 

Third roadblock - 'Your tweet could not be accepted at this time.'

FINE!

I looked up the troubleshooting on Twitter. I learned that if your account has been hacked you need to change your password.

So, I login to change my password and it says it is sending a verification code to my selected email address. 

Fourth roadblock - It is an email address I no longer have!

I try to login the the old email. Wrong password, wrong password, WRONG PASSWORD!

So, I ask for help, nicely. 

Fifth roadblock - 'Safari no longer accepts this platform.'

By now, an hour has passed. My head was starting to hurt and felt like throwing myself on the floor.

So, I finally stop. 

I find my hubby and start to tell him what happened. He runs the other way.

I follow him and say, 'I have to tell you what happened or I'll explode!' I start to babble and then cry. 

Then he looks at me like, 'REALLY?' So then I start to giggle-cry. 

'This IS SERIOUS. I couldn't get into Twitter. You don't understand. This is important to me!!!!!'

The next day, it took me five minutes to fix the problem (no roadblocks) and now I can happily tweet away. (@potaotsackdiet if you want to find me.)

The moral is, when you are doing something and it gets to the point where you are actually 'shovelling potatoes into your sack', it's time to stop. Walk away. Find something else, anything else to do. 

Save your sanity, and that of the people around you. Life really isn't full of roadblocks. The timing is wrong. 

It doesn't hurt to have a sense of humour about these things. Relax, breathe, let it go. Come back to it later. It works every time.

See you soon,

Heather xoxo