I’m on a break right now using my iPhone to blog – I didn’t know there was an app for that until yesterday. The setup was straightforward but I have determined that using the iPhone keyboard is terribly for any type of documentation. Ever read those hilarious emails about the auto-correct feature gone wrong? Yeah… well, this is driving me insane so I’m sure by the time my 15min break is over, I’ll be in a crabby mood for the rest of the day.
What I like to do is take things that are on my mind and dig a little deeper. This whole expression of “driving someone insane” brought up a really interesting point: who is doing the driving? If something is driving me to this town called “crazyville”, when did I get out and hand over the steering wheel to auto-correct? For whatever reason, I am reluctant to quit and experience all of the failure-related feelings.
I think it’s the perception of giving control over to someone or something else is the real problem in our inability (or more-so stubbornness) to let things go. The more that I keep trying to use this crappy keyboard, the more frustrated I get. Why do I keep trying at it if it is causing me to react like an idiot? When something causes me increasing mental stress, wouldn’t the healthy thing be to stop it? Because I am not learning or developing any particular skill at this. The outcome isn’t really going to make me a better person (quite the opposite right now because I’m pretty agitated).
For the things that are out of our control to just stop, I think perseverance is important and it undoubtedly will build on your character. Taking a good look at the things that are in our control to change, why not eliminate or reduce the strain? If the dust bunnies drive you nuts, that’s in your control to pick up a swiffer and eliminate that stress-trigger. If somebody’s chewing annoys you, that’s in your ability to ignore or minimize. When you think about it, you’ve still got the steering wheel for a lot of things that drive you insane. Why not decide to change direction and drive to candyland instead?
