I’m driving myself crazy. You know when something gets in your head and you can’t get it out, but it’s not just annoying like a song because you really want to just fix it, but you’re STUCK, you CAN’T, and it’s just so incredibly frustrating that you can’t let it go?
I’ve decided to just refuse to talk about it. I know I can’t refuse to think about it—that never works for people like me—but usually when something bugs me I use constant, subject-exhausting discussion as an outlet to vent it, and I suspect that this only makes it worse. So this time I’m going to try something different.
It’s a lot like dealing with really difficult customers: you simply refuse to engage in their crap. You don’t allow yourself to respond to any of their passive-aggressive or straight-up rude comments, you acknowledge only what is absolutely necessary, and you get the job done matter-of-factly and get them out of there. I’ve become pretty good at this since I started working 80-hour customer service weeks, so hopefully I’ll be able to direct that skill towards managing the more difficult areas of my own consciousness.
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