Over the last few months I have been finding little frustrations in almost everything.
I’m reactive. I feel something and go with it; I think something and mull on it only to fester the thought; and I have verbal outbursts of nonsensical noise when things are bugging me.
All these things that I do bug me. See the catch-22 there? What I do when I’m frustrated, frustrates myself even more. It’s just a cycle of irrational frustration that tends to end with me throwing my hands up in the air, saying something that doesn’t make sense and going for a brief walk, usually around my office building until I calm myself down or to make a cup of tea.
This cycle must stop. It will stop. Now.
My new way of dealing with frustration is to close my eyes. Count to 10. Breathe deep. And say to myself (over and over usually) “Today is going to be a good day, this will not affect it”.
It’s worked so far, but we’ll see…I may end up getting frustrated at my own little chants.
What do you do to calm down when things frustrate you?
