How Not to Deal With Difficult People

This week hasn't exactly been the easiest in terms of work. It's been downright frustrating at times, to the point where it is affecting my work because I've been so consumed with my frustration. So, I did what anybody would do in this situation; I googled a solution.

Thank God for Google.. seriously. It recognized my needs completely by finishing my "dealing with" in the search bar with "difficult people". How does it always intuitively know what we're trying to find? What if I wanted to deal with a cockroach infestation? (I have no idea how that was the first thing that came into my head, gross!). Somehow, Google always manages to know what it is we're looking for.. how?

The first result I clicked on looked promising. It had tips on "Dealing with Difficult People and Avoiding Conflict." The tips were as follows:

1. Keep conversations neutral.
2. Accept the reality of who they are.
3. Know what's under your control.
4. Create healthier patterns.
5. See the best in people.
6. Remember who you're dealing with.
7. Get support where you can find it.
8. Let go or get space if you need it.

Honestly, I don't know how helpful this really was. It didn't give me an epiphany on how I can finally get rid of annoyances that distract me from my work. But what it did accomplish was distracting my mind. Instead of focusing on the negatives, I got inspired enough to come up with:

Joty's Tips on How Not to Deal With Difficult People:

1. Run away screaming with your hands in your ears screaming "I can't hear you!"
2. Start a game of shadow when they least expect it.
3. Yell "SHUT UP" really loudly everytime they talk, and then lapse into complete silence.
4. If it's a talkative person you're frustrated with, start telling everyone a random story every time they start talking. A perfect example: One time it was really windy, and the leaves blew off the trees. Then I had to rake my yard. Then look at everyone expectantly waiting for a response.
5. Violence is never the answer folks. In any circumstance.

Considering these are all things I may (or may not) have had the urge to do at one point, all I can say is.. Dont do it. Especially number 5. Or, you may just become the difficult person in question. Now please excuse me while I try to accept the reality of my situation. Ooh look, a donut!

Back From the Dead

Well I've certainly been missing in action for quite a bit now. I guess the combination of going to work full-time as well as taking a full course load finally took it's toll on me as I had my midterms and got prettttyyyy sick which is always a fun combination (Not!).

I guess the one good thing though about getting sick was that I was able to keep up with my reading. Looking back, I realize that most of the books I've read were repeats and ones I've read before but hey, you can't go wrong with the classics right? I'll probably end up doing the write-ups for those as well just because I enjoy re-hashing the novels almost as much as I enjoy reading them. My favorite part about re-reading novels is finding small details that I didn't notice the first time around.. or second.. or third. Considering these are books I've read multiple times, thats always an amazing accomplishment by the author!

Until later! Back to work...