Comments on: How To Stop Letting Little Things In Life Piss You Off

By: Mathew Stark

Mathew Stark — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:00:18 +0000

heh…i was actually searching for a post on how to get back at my sister for being…well to put it nicely mean, when i stumbled over this post. while reading this i’ve realized im one of those people who get mad at those little things that add up and make your day at work bad, not because its been a bad day, but because ive turned it into one. “these things happen”. best advice ive heard in a while. good on ya 10/10 post!

By: Poornima

Poornima — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:52:23 +0000

Good post! I also find deep breathes help calm me down when life throws little stresses at me. Yoga is my salvation, and thinking that things could be worse (I could be be handicapped, poor, or have a life threatening disease), perspective bring peace. When all else fails I turn to chocolate for solace :)

By: Eli

Eli — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:28:38 +0000

My sister-in-law hurt me and now the hurt has turned to anger. She left a job for another better paying job and asked me if I wanted her to submit my resume for the job she left. I’ve been unemployed for over a year now so of course I said yes. I was so grateful for the opportunity. She came back to me a couple of days later and and told me she gave her supervisor the resume, told her about my professional experience and how I won’t have to be trained too much due to my experience, then she told me and I quote “but your personality”. I asked her “what do you mean?”. She told her Supervisor they my personality was not like hers. I asked her “why did you feel you need to say that, of course my personality is not like yours, we are two different people”. What were you trying to say. She said that there were elderly nuns there who like to be affectionate and come up to you and hug you..I said yeah and what you think I’m going to push them away. She said I was a bit abrupt sometimes. I’m only that way if someone brings it out in me and its mostly in my personal life. My professional life is another world separate from my personal. I’ve been nursing my family members for most of my adult life and I enjoy helping others. I even lent my sister-in-law $26,000 in the year 2002 when we purchased a multi-family home because her and her husband could not come up with their share.
I never heard from the job. I left her ex-supervisor a voice mail and she never returned my call. I recently sent the supervisor a letter to reiterate my interest in the position and another copy of my resume.

How could someone say they will help you and then sabotage you at the same time. I’ve prayed and I’ve talked to my husband to try to relieve myself from the hurt and anger I feel in my heart, but its there. I want to confront her but its been almost a month, so I feel its too late to bring up the issue again. I try to tell myself to feel sorry for people like that, but I still do not feel relief. What can I do to relieve myself of this burden?
I feel hurt and betrayed.

By: Phoenix2Life

Phoenix2Life — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 17:03:37 +0000

The first point is so right about how others see you reacting on small things. Also I have liked to keep gratefulness. It is so much important to control yourself in any case and living in moment to not to get frustrated for small things. Awesome points. Really like it. Thumbs up to you, Buddy !!!!

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By: Brian Armstrong

Brian Armstrong — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:36:51 +0000

Oh cool, I like that saying Angie. Welcome to the site!

I read somewhere else a phrase like that, which was “will it still matter in 5 years?”. If the answer is no then you’re probably spending too much time/energy worrying about it.

Take care!
Brian

By: Angie

Angie — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:37:50 +0000

Thanks for the article. Just got me through a “meltdown over the small stuff” moment. I have clinical depression which is treated fairly successfully with medication (I’m not suicidal any more), but I still have times when I just lose it over stuff that in the grand scheme of things really don’t matter.

One thing that has really helped me is the first line of the book Co-Dependent No More by Melody Beattie: “Nothing is the end of the world, except the end of the world.”

Sometimes I have to remind myself of that many times a day, just to get through. But it works, and your article helped me too.

Thanks!

By: Brian Armstrong

Brian Armstrong — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:26:34 +0000

Thanks Pablo :)

By: Pablo

Pablo — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:15:05 +0000

And….relax!

How very true and yet so easy to forget the points made!
I feel lots better now. Thanks for a good post…glad I read through it.

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