One of These Days

Saving my Sanity

Prompt:
"Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper."
Robert Frost
Is what Robert Frost says true for you? What makes you lose your temper?

Yes, I think it is true. Education doesn't necessarily mean formal, but learning about things in general. I think you could make an argument that losing your temper can be often related to not fully understanding your opponent. For example for me, I used to try and talk to MAGA commenters/friends and I used to get irritated (mind you this was the first time around, so 2016) because they couldn't see why what they were saying made no sense. It didn't take me very long before I realized that they just wanted to think that way. So I stopped.

Mind you I never lost my tempter. It takes a lot for me to lose my temper. But I've learned to save my sanity when it comes to being irritated or annoyed.

Work is another one. I learned I was caring more than those above me, so I started taking the correct cues to lower my own standards. It has saved me a lot of frustration.