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Feb. 24th, 2009 02:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nollyI wish more people understood more clearly that they are in control of their reactions to things, and that they are choosing to freak out about things that really aren't nearly as important as they decide they are.
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Not entirely unrelatedly, strangers on the internet do not control my priorities or how I choose to use my time and energy, and I do not appreciate them attempting to dictate such. I also do not appreciate being accused of saying things I did not say -- the difference between "This is not important enough to me to spend any more time on" and "This is not important" is huge. Likewise, the difference between "This is mildly annoying" and "You should not do this" is huge.
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esprix, slightly editedNot entirely unrelatedly, strangers on the internet do not control my priorities or how I choose to use my time and energy, and I do not appreciate them attempting to dictate such. I also do not appreciate being accused of saying things I did not say -- the difference between "This is not important enough to me to spend any more time on" and "This is not important" is huge. Likewise, the difference between "This is mildly annoying" and "You should not do this" is huge.
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Date: 2009-02-26 12:00 am (UTC)That reminds me of someone talking about a thing they admired about their boss, which was that they had a sign in their office that said something along the lines of "Decisions will remain in effect until changed" -- by which they meant that it was perfectly fine to change decisions about what should be the top priority and such, but that once one had made a decision about it, any changes should be intentional and thought through, not just a result of superceding the decision thoughtlessly by a new decision.