I managed to avoid any serious injuries for many years, until August this year when I broke my hand. That's healed now, I just have weakened muscles but I've been assured that will improve with regular exercise.

However, today I managed to hack into the side of my finger, half-way through my nail so that I have a large section of my finger pad that's very tender and has to remain bound up to prevent crap getting into it.

I'm beginning to think my clumsiness has returned! The dropping of things or tripping up is something that always seems to happen, but I hadn't been injured in years! I really thought I'd grown out of it...

How about you? Were you clumsy? Are you still clumsy? Or have you come up with any nifty tricks to rid yourself of the clumsy gene?

Outside of my home I'm fine,at home I'm a human wrecking machine. I'm surprised I haven't chopped off all my fingers and toes by now!I can't understand it and do not have a clue for the cure.

I'm usually not too clumsy, but the other day I cut the hell out of my finger with a broken coffee cup. Talk about a freak accident...still hoping it doesn't scar.

Oh god, about your finger.

I am VERY clumsy.

After so many years of that, it occurred to me
that whenever I am doing anything at all, my
mind is a million miles away.

I never quite focus on the current, I am on to
the next thing my brain picks up on.

I am unsure there is a cure :-)

Nope I'm still clumsy as ever!! I've tripped over my own feet more times than I care to count! I've smacked friends, family and dates in the face reaching for the salt! I've never stepped on my dog but.. He's had milk, beer, red wine and orange soda spilled on him than the carpet! He just expects it now... He doesn't even flinch when a cold liquid hits him.

Yeah.. My clumsy if here to stay

You have a point there - my username should give you an idea of my issues! haha.

Today I didn't even have time to be injured - hacked into my finger but I managed to bind one hand but carried on working with the other whilst clenching the injured one to stem the blood flow. My mother was asking about a first aider seeing to the injury and my response was: "I am a first aider - I dealt with it! I just worked at the same time".

@Jack: Let me know if you discover one! Could do with it...

@Paintecards: Yep - it doesn't look pretty. I've always said it's a good thing I didn't have aspirations to be a model as I'm covered in so many bumps, bruises and scars! Especially my hands.

@teebee: I can imagine we'd cause chaos if together! I'm very much like that too. I was the first one to break something at work, and I've continued to drop things since. I can't be trusted!

I often have a habit of going over on my ankle, slipping, tripping over grids (that's how I fractured my wrist as a kid), falling off curbs, got my bike stuck in a pothole as a kid and went over the handle bars and split my head open on a gate post...

Answer can be found in energy work: usually when you have things like that happen to you, you are very poorly or not grounded.
At the moment a lot is going on (energetically) and many ppl are even less grounded than normal.
If you were to work on that, you'd do much better again.
It also explains why you haven't had any of these things happen to you for a while; during that period you were probably better grounded.
Keep an eye on things, December is usually very turbulent (energetically), things ought to calm down in January again. So maybe you will notice an improvement then, maybe even after the 21st (Wintersolstice).
* End of this month's energy report *

It certainly sounds like I'm not very "grounded". Clumsy clearly is something I naturally am, since I'm generally quite scatter-brained in public. I'm definitely very distracted and harassed as of late though, but I don't really think it's so much a December thing. The workplace is so full of negative energy and I'm constantly thinking of other things I want to do with my time... Not to mention a turbulent family life. I guess it's not really a surprise I'm getting injured.

I'm not a clumsy guy, but a couple of my mates who work for me are. Fed up running them to the Hospital, for the maddest things!

I usually have to run myself to the hospital. Last time I had to take the sling off to drive home. Can I still come and work for you now?

I'm naturally clumsy as well....so, I wear my heels when I'm at the restaurant rather than walking in and when working with sharp objects nothing else is around me. It helps to focus!

Have you considered meditation and yoga? That might help combat a lot of that negative energy and help you be more grounded. If nothing else it can help put you in a more serene state of mind so as to let the negative energy bounce off you.


The only time I am really clumsy is when I find myself rushing to get something done, in which case my focus tends to sway.

Not a problem. I'm hiring shortly anyway Lost. You'll need your CSCS card though? Then I can employ you!

@teebee: I went out in heels last weekend and didn't fall - shocking! I was dancing in them all night too. Strange how some times 'clumsy' doesn't exist. I have been known to fall over railings on nights out though.. It's pot luck.

@kartagane: I used to many, many moons ago. I used to some 'movement meditation' which helps when you have a busy life. I definitely need to get back to actually giving myself some time. I actually found art really helped. I wasn't much good at it, but weird how you can zone out and just focus on the little dabs of paint. I love being busy, I just hate feeling busy. Does that make sense?

@larsson: how long does it take for those cards to come through?

It's a test that you do Lost. You can't work legit in the UK in construction without it though! It takes a couple of weeks after the test to get your card. You can also sit mock tests online, ok?

I remember looking it up out of curiosity the last time we spoke of it but I lot of the details slipped my mind. I know it was basically about health and safety. I probably would be more inclined to give it a go if it didn't involve a relocation... Maybe I should just live like a traveller... that would work, right?

It's good money though? �600+p/wk when you're trained up Lost? Not bad these days?

I'm on minimum wage, so it certainly is better than I'm used to! When are you taking on? XD

After new year, as I won a contract for my local council. You only get what you pay for though and my mates are the best! You'll fit in fine, but they will try to hit on you, I bet?

I am a clutz and have lots of bruises on my body. A friend of mine thought a guy was beating on me because of that but the bruises are all my fault.