Got three big problems and unemployment is also one
- Indecisiveness
A friend of mine recently asked me, “How do you make a decision?” I literally LOLed. My indecisiveness is one of my biggest weaknesses. “How I make a decision” is typically avoiding the decision until the very last second and then immediately freaking out after the decision has been made. I like living in a game show where doors one, two, and three remain continually available. Making a decision feels like shutting doors one and two and opening door three only to find a goat instead of a car.Solution: I would like to adjust this door analogy (I am realizing through this blog how I much I just seem to LOVE analogies) to make decisions more appealing to an option-lover like me. So I open door three and see a goat. I make some goat cheese (that’s how that works, right?) and it is amazing and I start selling it to local stores and earn a reputation as the amazing goat cheese girl. Thank goodness I got that goat.
Gonna have to work on this solution in case a goat is not involved.
- Expecting the worst
I’m one of the people who adheres to the whole “expect the worst so you won’t be disappointed when it doesn’t work out” mindset (aka, perpetual pessimism). What is extra sucky about this mindset is that it’s often just a cover to hide my true feelings of hope or excitement.Solution: Fun news—If things don’t work out, I am going to be disappointed regardless of whether I expected the worst or not. Guaranteed! Might as well enjoy the time leading up to the outcome to at least get some fun out of the waiting process. But, how do I make myself do so?
Gonna have to work on this one too.
- Self-deprecating humor
Ok, this one isn’t too bad (I think?) but I definitely fall into the trap of self-deprecating humor rather than using, like, positive humor. There is a correlation (or causation? any stats folks out there?) between comedians and depression for a reason. In some ways, comedy is a coping mechanism. When depressed people use comedy, they often do so in a self-deprecating way, making many stand-up shows much sadder than they should be.
Solution: In the words of J Biebs, “I should go and love myself”. Still working on this one too tbh. Ok…my solutions need a lot of work. Good thing I have DECIDED to work on solutions that I will remain OPTIMISTIC about because I AM AN AMAZING PERSON.
1 Comment
Logan · February 20, 2018 at 9:26 pm
#1 is a perpetual problem of mine, and I’ve yet to devise a solution. Perhaps I’ll investigate the goat cheese route as well.
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