How to easily bounce back from the frustrations, mistakes, and challenges of daily life
Last week, I took my car to get a spare key cut. After about 15 minutes of waiting in the 100-plus-degree desert sun, the tech told me he couldn't do it because a port in the car didn't have power coming to it. I would have to get that fixed before he could program the key. A task I had expected to be simple would now require two more errands, and more money. Grrr!
In modern, developed countries, we often expect our transactions to go very smoothly. If we reserve a hotel room, we expect it will be available when we arrive. We expect clean water to come out of the tap. We expect that if we buy a product and it's faulty or not as described, we'll be able to return it. We expect the product we order will be the product that arrives, and not some other random item.
Cars and mechanical or electrical issues feel pretty foreign to me. Therefore, anything to do with those makes me feel out of my comfort zone. I didn't want to figure out a car problem.. In the last week, I found out a friend has breast cancer. Christina Applegate announcing her MS diagnosis added to my anxiety. The news rocked me, even though she is a stranger. It can be helpful to identify that not every piece of bad news or every inconvenience rattles you greatly, but just specific types.
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