Not `sweat' the `small stuff'

And its all small stuff

i wish i didn’t care about things that don’t matter.

its great not sweating the small stuff

cuz there is bigger problems than how ur hair looks or whatever

This is probably the single most thing that has kept me sane in my life.

...for me. Why do I get all worked up about things which don’t matter and accept easily the more important problems and deal with them calmly?

and really trying not to focus on silly people when their actions really don’t affect me. It’s working a bit I think, and I’m also trying very hard not to complain about silly things as it was really beginning to bore my SO – I know because she told me so!

I have no patience and I fly off the handle at the silliest things like cyclists jumping red lights, and people not parking so others can also use the space. I really need to get a grip on this as it’s beginning to annoy my SO and it gets my blood boiling far too quickly.

Everything bothers me! I don’t say anything to anyone because I know the things that bother me can’t be changed and I just have to get used to it- but its the level at which they bother me thats the problem- most people probably just sigh and get on with their lives- but if 3 things are bothering me and another one prsents itself- i start ranting and raving a crazy person- never to anybody- only to myself- but i don’t understand why stuff bothers me soo much!
it has to stop- i fear high blood pressure looming over me- threatening to announce itself in years to come!

So I get home today from a relaxing, if hectic, day off – got a (sort of) new ‘do (I tried out a “San Francisco style” salon in Reno – basically this tattooed love child named Tiff gave me a nice little highlighted crown job, an all over conditioning workout, and trimmed off the excessive amount of split ends, scrunching up my hair to give me a curly q job. Unfortunately, I made the mistake of brushing all the curls out when I got home, so now it just looks like a layered mess…$130 bucks down the tubes! Damn! Oh well, I’ll try re-stylin’ after my shower tomorrow), wrote some song lyrics (or attempted to) afterward at Dreamer’s coffeehouse, picked up my car at Pep Boys (all they did was replace the starter, tho’ the car took a while to start afterward), and came home to find a package from CSU East Bay.

My best bud Serena had sent me a package!

Which contained…

Gee, a few days ago I was sweating some small issues. She’s either been reading my mind or reading this blog!

I want to live a long, healthy life in mind, body, and spirit, with no debilitating illnesses or disease in my life; however, I truly won’t be able to do this if I continue to `sweat’ the `small stuff’. I simply must take a more relaxed approach to life-in-general, and the challenges (large and small) encountered `just because.’