A buttload of emotions

So I just learned that that term “buttload" is an actual unit of measurement. And I’m not happy about it. 

Decades spent gleefully grunting this word, wasted. 

A delightfully adolescent utterance, neutered by its apparent legitimacy. 

You see, it turns out one buttload is equal to 126 gallons of wine. The word “butt” in this case comes from “botte,” a medieval French and Italian word for boot. In fact, botte is still used in Italy to refer to a wine cask.

I don’t how I feel about this. Well, I know I don’t like it. But I don’t have the words to explain what’s behind that emotion. A vague sense of loss, maybe. A let down, perhaps. 

When it comes to my feelings, I find myself at a loss for words pretty often. A grunt here, a giggle there. But actual words? C’mon, those are hard. 

It’s a good thing I started working with AgileBrain a while back. They created an assessment that helps put words to the stuff we can’t always say. I’ve taken it a few times myself. I still grunt and giggle a bunch, but now I have a better idea why. 

I’ve used it with clients too and it always opens up the conversation. Conversations that often lead to better opportunities, better decisions and a better understanding of what really matters at work and in life. 

That’s a buttload of better if you ask me. 

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