Lessons from a Squatty Potty 1- WARNING! (poo talk)

If you don't know what a squatty potty is, look it up. It is not an actual toilet but a helpful stool that lifts our legs up into a squat position, allowing your body to naturally release the poo. The commercial would have you believe that your poo will be soft serve, glittering ice cream but this is not true. DO NOT eat your poo. I have found from personal experience that the poo that comes out of your body is the poo that has been trapped inside for way too long. It is death.

I have been wanting a squatty potty for several months and asked for one for Christmas. People did not think I was serious but my son, Jared, knows me well enough to know that I ask for what I want. So he got it for me. And I love it. I am seriously considering getting one to take to work, cause lots of good toilet time happens there too.

Today I was using the squatty potty and had some observations. I ended up texting two friends, who are my potty supporters, and shared my observations with them. They reflected that my observations were real and perhaps something to be shared. We have named ourselves the 3 Squatateers. :)

My first observation is that we pay for what we put in our bodies. I loved the way the chili felt going in but I did not live the way it felt going out. As it was the first poo of the New Year, I worried that perhaps it was representative for how my year was going to proceed- firing and painful. I panicked. I simply cannot go through another year like that. I tried to change my poo, I tried to force things. And I realized that the more I did this, the more pain I felt. So I stopped. I decided to let things work the way they will and not make it my way or according to my timeline. I gave it another hour and suddenly poo #2 was great. It felt relieving and magical. It was what I needed. My second observation is that I need to sit back and allow more things to happen instead of trying to force them into my way. This is really difficult for me because I like control, I like things going my way. But those two things often do not match for me. Most of the time I either have control and it doesn't go my way or I have no control and it works out but makes no sense. My third observation is that often times things sneak up on us. DO NOT trust every fart. But do not be angry about something being sneaky. Just appreciate the humor that can be found in that moment. :)