![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Discovered this lovely show "The Chef's Table" Pasta. Except for one thing - once again it seems to emphasize our media's obsession at being the best at something? We really do live in a meritocracy and I think it's damaging to folks mental health.
Just find things that you enjoy about what you do - you don't have to be the best at it.
I remember years ago, someone told me a story about a bunch of national merit scholars who had all tested as the top of their classes or groups for the National Merit Scholar Award. Then they came together only to discover that whoa, they weren't the best. There were at least 500 people who tested as well as they did.
( Read more... )
***
Headspace app gave me an exercise to deal with my anxiety and worry. Set aside a time each day to worry. Write in a journal about or talk about or think over your worries at that time only. No other time. Then let it go.
So this morning, I did that. I put down all the things I was worrying over, and how I was resolving them, and the real situations. And it helped.
My anxiety decreased substantially.
I think sometimes the internet increases my worries. (Not Dreamwidth, other things on the internet. Or the news. Or my emails. Stuff like that. Actually DW correspondence list is rather calming.)
***
Why is it that no matter what fandom I enter - folks split into factions over characters? And there's always a group that just heavily anti-ships a character or pairing - usually one I like?
It's why I tend to stay away from fandoms for the most part. My tolerance for this sort of thing is relatively low?
I tend to follow the story thread. And if I realize that the story thread is featuring characters or pairings, I despise? I stop watching. I don't whine incessantly about it for years on end. Seriously life is too short?
Just find things that you enjoy about what you do - you don't have to be the best at it.
I remember years ago, someone told me a story about a bunch of national merit scholars who had all tested as the top of their classes or groups for the National Merit Scholar Award. Then they came together only to discover that whoa, they weren't the best. There were at least 500 people who tested as well as they did.
( Read more... )
***
Headspace app gave me an exercise to deal with my anxiety and worry. Set aside a time each day to worry. Write in a journal about or talk about or think over your worries at that time only. No other time. Then let it go.
So this morning, I did that. I put down all the things I was worrying over, and how I was resolving them, and the real situations. And it helped.
My anxiety decreased substantially.
I think sometimes the internet increases my worries. (Not Dreamwidth, other things on the internet. Or the news. Or my emails. Stuff like that. Actually DW correspondence list is rather calming.)
***
Why is it that no matter what fandom I enter - folks split into factions over characters? And there's always a group that just heavily anti-ships a character or pairing - usually one I like?
It's why I tend to stay away from fandoms for the most part. My tolerance for this sort of thing is relatively low?
I tend to follow the story thread. And if I realize that the story thread is featuring characters or pairings, I despise? I stop watching. I don't whine incessantly about it for years on end. Seriously life is too short?