Reacting

So, I was sitting at work on Monday... As if that's not a lame enough start to a story, but it was 3:58PM and I finish at 5 and my computer crashed. One of my screens had a GIANT :( on it. When it happened to Carrie Bradshaw in Sex in the City I thought it was over dramatised but no there was a big fat frown on my screen!

I had a billion things on my screen documents I had been amending, spreadsheets and the all important articles I hadn't read so I didn't close andthey were all lost when the machine died. (DW I do periodically save but not recent enough). While my computer was staring at me I stared back for a fleeting second thought about what I was losing. The girl across from me, commented on how little I was phased when it was a pretty big deal.

To be fair, after the fleeting second of lost work I was instead thinking about how I wish I was skinny on a yacht in Croatia being served wine. But it did make me think about how I would usually loose my sh*t, smacking my key board, growl a lot and wasting my energy on frustration that no one cared about but me.

I don't know why I didn't lose my sh*t and react but it made me wonder why we make such big deals out of such insignificant things. It took me an extra 10 minutes it took me to re do what I had done and a little bit of time to restart. Its not like it didn't take similar time contemplating if I wanted coffee or tea and all the other time I undoubtedly take procrastinating how to approach a job. The amount of time we spend frustrated and annoyed can be the same amount of time, if not more, we spend facing the issue.

If you're reading this, anyone out there? Anyway if you are, take a minute to step back, maybe someone got in your way or you waited longer than you expected for your coffee. Don't get angry/frustrated it's only going to make your day worse, maybe it could have given you a little more time to ponder the worthwhile things in life. That's worth it!