Someone interrupts you repeatedly while you are sharing your thoughts. You:
Continue sharing when possible, but later tell bf’s how rude the interrupter was.
Look for any opportunity to interrupt the interrupter to finish sharing your thoughts.
Exit the conversation and retreat to your inner world.
Stay quiet and present to the interrupter’s words.
You read an email from a disgruntled client or colleague. You:
Feel irritated as you respond with a defensive email … that you delete before sending.
Ignore the email … until the sender asks if you got their message.
Reply compassionately to the email but judge the person afterwards.
Tell yourself humans are petty and that such behaviour is not worthy of your response… and then proceed to respond in a cool but kind fashion.
You are in a meeting with matters that need to be resolved but no headway has been made all morning. You:
Walk out of the meeting and head to the bathroom to get some space between you and your colleagues.
Raise your voice, tense your jaw, and let everyone know that it’s high time to make a decision or end the meeting with clear next steps.
Continue to listen to each perspective thoughtfully, while noticing that others are frustrated and checking out.
Bring in food, humour, or motivational tools to keep everyone working together as a team.
You complete a long, tiring day at work. Your significant other shares the story of their horrible day. You:
Face your partner heart to heart and receive their story and feelings fully.
Tune out towards the middle of the story, but pretend you are listening.
Try to fix the situation so your partner feels better.
Offer your partner a foot rub, chocolate, and hugs.
A colleague asks you for a time-sensitive favor during your hectic day. You:
Say you have no time for anything but your own pressing work.
Say you will help and then forget that you offered to help because you got distracted.
Agree to help on the condition that they return the favor.
Agree to help but feel resentful the entire time you are helping.
You go to a business meeting that features unlimited free food and drink. Before conversing with colleagues, you:
Grab some food and find an empty corner of the room to ponder your next big creation or project.
Spend most of your time at the buffet and bar, making friends with the servers and catering team.
Select some healthy options from the buffet, feel into the vibe of the room, and find a newcomer to have a deep conversation with.
Make a mental list of who you intend to talk to in the room and who you want to avoid.
You are about to take an extended family vacation where many people know and love you and your family. The day before leaving, you:
Work through the night and pack an hour before you leave, with the motto, “Work hard, play hard.”
Pack or check everyone’s suitcase, ensuring they haven’t forgotten anything, while putting extra snacks and emergency items in your own bag.
Remind your family not to announce vacation plans or post arrival photos on social; you do not want to be disturbed on your holiday.
Buy yourself a new outfit and journal and enjoy the pre-trip excitement.
Your boss adds another task to your already overloaded plate. You:
Work extra-long hours because you see it as an opportunity to stand out from the crowd.
Tell yourself I can only do what I can do with the time I am given.
Buy a few bottles of wine and take-out to get through the next week.
Dream up ways to quit while completing everything the boss asked for in record time.
You feel unwell and it’s Monday morning. You:
Take the day off and enjoy your focus on self-care.
Tell yourself you are a warrior, shut your office door and go to work.
Go to work at 50% capacity but feel guilty that you can’t do more or be there for others.
Secretly enjoy not going into the office but work equally hard from home to finish an important project.
You are most likely to complain about:
Lack of connection with someone you care about.
Not enough time alone to create or think.
Lack of clarity on your relationship, purpose, or career.
Not reaching a goal fast enough.
Who you struggle to understand:
People who strike up conversations in public washrooms.
Strangers who don’t say hi or don’t smile back.
People who are comfortable doing nothing.
People who are defined by their work.
When highly stressed, you are most likely to:
Be irritable and short tempered.
Isolate and withdraw.
Meditate.
Call a friend.
Your “That’s Me!” T-Shirt would say:
I love humanity. It’s people I don’t like.
I could be wrong. But I highly doubt it.
It’s all good.
Eataly, Wine, and Forgiveness.
You are invited to an annual family gathering and are not looking forward to seeing one particular person. You:
Stay in one room with the dogs or children and focus on them.
Talk to everyone enthusiastically, while staying hopeful the person in question won’t trigger you this time.
Clench your jaw as you commit to connecting to this person on your own terms, but only for the sake of future family gatherings.
Be extra nice to the person and enter into a pleasant conversation.
You have just achieved a major milestone in your career. You:
Share on social media, thanking followers for their unending support. Photos of the cake and party attendees included.
Acknowledge the achievement with a public announcement within the company and a thank you speech.
Get on with your day as this isn’t particularly remarkable in your eyes.
Spend the day in nature, basking in the beauty and gratitude you feel.
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