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When the world around us is reeling with actual crises, wars, and real hardships, it does make you wonder, though — why is it so hard just to be grateful for what we have?
The truth is, human beings often react to whatever is right in front of them. When your daily life is usually smooth and predictable, a minor inconvenience feels like a major bump in the road. It isn’t that people don’t care about real problems — it is just that a ruined dinner hits you the most in the present moment.
“You are free to see your life as an endless list of disasters, believe that the world is out to get you and the past to haunt you — but that doesn’t make it a good way to live. Part of managing life is learning how to manage your reactions, emotions, and stress. And an essential element of this managing is having perspective: not seeing every new problem as a new version of the end of the world,” says clinical social worker and author Robert Taibbi.
He explains that perspective is easy to lose, and the key is to get out of “your emotional brain and turn on your rational brain.”
#23
Maybe the real secret is learning how to hold two truths at once. You can acknowledge that your bad day isn’t a global tragedy without completely dismissing how annoying it felt in the moment.
We don’t need to force ourselves into toxic positivity or feel guilty for being frustrated when life gets annoying.
So, as you read through these absurd struggles, ask yourself: what is the one minor inconvenience that pushed you over the edge recently? And was it worth it?
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Chicken was nice though.
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Even in full blown labour the middle-class insanity gave me pause.
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me, I still need to clean up that glass.