On Drama

[dancerjodi]

This showed up in my RSS reader today. What a great article:
http://zenhabits.net/2009/10/live-simply-and-save-the-drama-for-your-mother/

Comments

[zanylikethat.livejournal.com]

I give that article a standing ovation. That is exactly what I strive for (though god knows I'm far from perfect). Thanks for posting it! :)

[dionysia.livejournal.com]

Good article.

[roaming.livejournal.com]

Very helpful. I NEED that so often, when I'm either yelling at the television when Olbermann or Maddow are showing me exactly how stupid and screwed up the country is, or when I worry about the future (death, dying, aging, illness), or about things I can't do anything about (animal cruelty, homelessness).

I have to confess, though, that I would feel "selfish" if I deliberately untuned from the bad things happening in the world around me. Logically I know that if there is nothing I can do about it -- short of donating my entire future life savings, and even that wouldn't be enough money -- then being upset/worked up about it does not good, so I may as well not. But somehow that feels like I'm not caring. Even though I know I do.

Time to find a therapist?