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What’s a Kinder, More Compassionate Way to Not Give a Sh*t?
The answer to how not to give a sh*t more kindly is the theme for my 2022.
For all the work I’ve done over the years to not let the opinions, ideas, and perceptions of others matter that much to me — I still care too much about it.
As such, often I am concerned in the back of my subconscious about the impression I make on people. How does what I do impact them?
Here’s the problem — I know I have ZERO control over this. None whatsoever. Being concerned with it doesn’t do me any good. In fact, it lessens my personal growth and development.
Then — as if that wasn’t enough — it makes me feel bad, gets me upset and depressed, as well as distracted from what I can control and what does matter.
This is something that I think has been one of the major ways I self-sabotage. Subconsciously, to avoid making a poor or bad impression, I act disingenuously towards myself and against my best interests.
This is what I need to figure out: How do I not give a sh*t anymore?
However — that’s an unkind statement. And not giving a sh*t can get turned inwards — which doesn’t do me much good, either.
