Tired of the drama?

Copied from a blog: beingwindham.blogspot.com 

Here's a few things that might work if you're sick and tired of daily upheavals in your life:

1) Don't take on other people's stuff! Sure, it's okay to be a shoulder and care, but it's THEIR stuff. Don't own it like it's your own.

2) Set boundaries! My favorite hot topic right now. Be clear about what's okay and not okay for you. If it's not okay, then stay away!

3) Be as clear as possible in your communication. This is hard if you're not used to it. Tell people what you need or don't need. No one I know is a mind reader. If you're not getting what you need, you may only have yourself to blame.

4) Take care of business now. Procrastination is a petri dish for drama. Deal with what's on your plate, and let it go.

5) Gossip and TMI breed drama too. Not only does it make you perhaps a not so great confidant, you are doing nothing but putting junk on your plate.

6) And speaking of your plate.....Keep a "clean spot" on your plate. As an painter, I make it a practice of leaving a spot on my palette that's clean. I may need that spot and working to keep space open, allows for those little surprise moments when I need it. Chefs do this too. A plate with a "clean spot" is much more appetizing than a plate piled high.

Drama is a drag. It's an energy drain.......just saying!