The Watermelon Tactic

It had been sitting on my apartment table for a week and a half and not one of my roommates had touched. Thus I voted myself to be the first to cut the watermelon in half and take a ring from the middle. I plopped the piece on my plate and took it outside to the scrumping couch and started to fork-out all the seeds. I had scraped out about eleven seeds and moved them to the side of my plate and was pursuing three more when I realized that I was being ridiculous and downright dumb. Have I always eaten watermelon this way? Have I always scraped out the seeds with my fork?

Screw the seeds.

I changed my tactic. I started to eat watermelon the same way I eat seedless watermelon: taking bites. I started to eat watermelon the same way everybody eats watermelon: taking a bite and then sifting the seeds out.

I would never call myself a perfectionist but I always try to fork out the seeds of my life before biting. I rummage through all the details before commitment. I might actually be afraid of commitment. Or maybe I'm afraid of non-commitment. Either way I think too much before I act. Schedules. Dating. Graduation. Job hunting. I analyze my options before biting.

I'm hereby committing myself to try this new tactic in life: the watermelon tactic. It involves me acting on impulse and then sifting through the details.

I'll let you know when I take my first bite.