3 Things That I Hate But Have To Live With
The only thing you have control of is yourself.
How many times have you caught yourself obsessing about something that’s out of your control? Lately, I have caught myself obsessing about the reconstruction of my amazing flat.
Do you too, obsess?
I do.
Especially about anything that is out of my control.
My obsessive thoughts would seldom remain unanswered questions. A voice inside of my head answers every one of them and adds a few more dark scenarios such as “What if my new kitchen tiles aren’t delivered on time?”, “I am sure they will get stuck in Italy!” and even “My kitchen will be tile-less forever!”
There were days when these worst-case scenarios were just whispers, but sometimes they were the only thing I could hear. I tried to distract myself from these thoughts by doing something productive — be it writing or exercising, anything that would keep my mind off it.
By evening the worrisome thoughts decreased but were still present. And I realized — the worries aren’t going anywhere. Perhaps the tiles will never arrive.
I can’t control that.
If you too are a slave to your negative thoughts then let me tell you this — you can break…
