Irritation
I told myself (and my Twitter follower base) that I’ll try and stay upbeat this week, as apparently I’ve been tweeting about stress a lot of late. One of my students called my attention to it!
It’s been quite a challenge for me to restrain myself from ranting to twitterverse, especially with a couple of irritating stuff. To get by, I guess I must confront them head on — so the first step is to identify these “stressors”.
Here are top-of-mind answers if I ask myself the question, “what irritates/stresses you?”
- being obliged to do things I don’t enjoy and don’t believe are essential — this always ruins my work groove
- having to deal with incompetence/ineptitude — this always gets to me, instantly
- disorderliness, lack of structure, or lack of a sense of rational structure — I have little to no tolerance for these
- shameless oglers — seriously, ogling should be outlawed
- choking, or being choked, in any way — this is the worst of all
THERE! Apologies for the somewhat negative blog post, but if you’re a student/colleague/friend/relative of mine, PLEASE BEWARE. The cortisol factory in my system has been extra-active these days, so take heed.
First step is to admit! Next, to conquer.. or to attempt to do so, at the very least. :D
