The Vortex of Anxiety can be indiscriminate, sucking in whatever’s nearby, quickly growing stronger and suckier. Don’t let this happen to you. When the dirty sink, the unsent birthday cards, and the way you’ve never really been properly loved fall into the vortex of the job interview that bombed, your mantra is simply, “Oh, never mind.”
Never mind everything that sucks.
You’re a good person – deep down, where it counts. Your good karma is stacked up higher than anything Dr. Seuss has ever envisioned. In order to focus on the source of the current anxiety (that job interview) so you can process it and move beyond it, studiously ignore whatever else tries to elbow into the mix.
Tunnel vision saves lives. Leave the socks on the floor. Just walk away.
If the original anxiety won’t give up its hold, even when you forsake all other anxieties and give it your full attention, you must strong-arm it, too, with the “Oh, never mind” treatment. In such a case, take “Oh, never mind,” to the limit and employ a distraction intense enough to blot everything out. Take charge of your own attention.
When you can’t be bothered, don’t be.
{ PEP TALKS deliver a bracing blast of Grace }
Flickr photo: Hell’s Pit, by fdecomite.
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