Great article! Here is what I said on social media when I posted this article:
Yes, to all of these. Wasting energy on these is something I try to avoid, but in some cases I still need to cull my life more to get rid of the wasted energy.
- An invitation you instantly search for an excuse to decline. (I say no a lot more these days. No is a complete sentence.)
- Social media comments. (This is why I post more than comment, but I could comment even less.)
- Emails from people who are having a bad day. (You have no idea how many emails I intentionally ignore.)
- A person who throws you under the bus at work. (I am grateful this does not happen where i work.)
- Items that create clutter in your home. (I REALLY need to work on this. I hate having lots of stuff but it has accumulated over the years.)
- TV shows that offer no value. (I am pretty good with this. I try to watch intentionally and not randomly. I think most of TV is a monumental waste of time. I find people who sit for hours in front of a TV daily boring.)
- Movies that predict the end of the world. (I can't recall watching one of these lately.)
- Clothes that don’t fit — and never did. (This goes along with the items that clutter category above. I could probably get rid of 75% of my clothes and barely notice. I need to do this.)
- A person who plays music in public via a loudspeaker. (This has always bothered me.)
- Direct messages covered in a can of SPAM. (This happens mostly on LinkedIn. I avoid 75% of my incoming messages there.)
- An argument when you’re tired. (I never argue or respond to an incendiary moment when I an tired. Plus, I hate arguing to the point of being almost phobic about it.)
- An anger bomb when you’ve got a headache. (I don't get headaches. I know, I'm lucky. My father didn't either. Maybe it's genetic.)
- Being late to meetings. (I abhor being late and I abhor it when other people do it, for meetings or anything in life.)
- A text message that requires an instant response. (I never feel obligated to respond immediately. Even my workplace understands this.)
- A job that requires you to be on call. (I sort of work around the clock anyway, but it's partly my choice.)
- A boss who secretly destroys your dreams. (My boss is a saint. Really. I'm lucky.)
- Work that has zero passion. (I am able to find passion in most of what I do. For me it's about perspective. I don't have to save the world to find passion in an activity.)
- People who give zero f*cks about you. (I have shaken the ingrained default setting to get everyone to like me. I'm now quite fine if some people don't because it means I stand for something.)
