Today's Stress Tip..by G. Gaynor McTigue..THU.05/05/05

Write down infrequently used procedures.

There are some things you do at intervals just far enough apart you forget how you did them last time. Which is terribly frustrating, having to learn them all over again. And again. For example, how you taped a show on your VCR...strung up the Christmas lights...drove to a particular destination...reset the clock on your answering machine...changed your wiper blades. As much as you think you'll remember these routines next time, you won't. So take a brief moment and write them in a notebook or PDA while they're fresh in your mind. And keep it handy. You won't be kicking yourself every time something needs redoing. Why make yourself crazy?

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If someone isn't interested, let it go.

Naturally we want other people to like what we like, to share our interests and concerns, to experience for themselves the joy we find in things. We want our children to partake in the same activities we loved as kids, our friends to marvel at the movie we found so wonderful, others to take up a cause we deem so important. But when they show little interest, or don't even respond, we can't understand it. It distresses us. Why can't they see? Are they ignorant? No. Just different. Look, it's okay to make your case to someone. But leave it at that. You can't will your preferences on others. You tried. They declined. So let it go. Just be grateful you've found what you've found, and hope that they, too, might hit upon something equally significant. Why make yourself crazy?

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