learn to back gracefully out of ridiculous online arguments

I feel like I’ve done this. I haven’t gotten drawn into any of those arguments since I started this goal, and normally by now I would have been through a dozen or more. So whether it’s because I’m avoiding them ahead of time or actually backing out of them once they rear their heads, I’m going to call it a success.

I’m actually getting much better about this. Whenever I realize that the argument is really just about winning, I tell myself not to post for one day, and see what I think. Usually what I think is that it’s not worth continuing. Either I was just in it for the argument (one of my vices), or the other person was, or both.

And even if I do go back to it, it’s with a much better point of view. This is working pretty well, all in all. I’ll give it another couple of weeks, and then call this one completed. I actually have managed to overcome this much more quickly than I’d thought I would.

There’s enough stress and friction out here in the real world.