Its best to just get up and deal with it.
So when wake up at 4:30 in the morning, stewing over a problem, I know I have a problem. In this case it is a problem created by an oversight of one of my best managers. I don't mind mistakes; to make mistakes is human. But I hate it when individuals don't acknolwedge their mistakes - or oversights - and take responsibility for them. IT DRIVES ME CRAZY!
At least I have learned not to lie in bed, worrying, trying - unsucessfully - to get back to sleep and then worrying about how tired I will be all day. IT IS BETTER TO GET UP AND DO SOMETHING.
Send a voicemail to schedule a meeting with my manager
Envision how I will deal with the problem and take responsibility for it.
Make a cup of Sri Lankan tea and savor it.
Write this blog.
Make my bed.
Iron a shirt or two (practice the Zen of shirt ironing)
Pray and listen - perhaps God will be available for some good advice
Read Ghandi
Lift weights
And get on with my day.
I haven't done all of this yet, but already I feel MUCH BETTER!
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