Tackling Impatience (3)
Day 3 of Tackling Impatience:
The heater repairing guy cancelled his appointment without prior notice... Only when I texted him 30 minutes before the appointment that he told me he couldn't come. Needless to say, this stirred up my impatience a great deal. I texted the guy right away when he could come then, and afterward, my landlord. I waited 10 minutes, no response, so I gave the guy a call and left a voice mail asking him to call me back once he got it. Normally, in these situations, I would react a bit more frantically which involves excessive text messaging until someone finally gives me an answer. But today, I decided to go do grocery instead :p
Then I was chatting with my best friend about it. I asked her, should I be annoyed at this. She told me if it really was an emergency, then I shouldn't be, he would contact me back as soon as he was done with his thing. If it was not, then karma would come back to him for being irresponsible, so I shouldn't be annoyed either. More than the event itself, I was a bit frustrated at how disrespectful he was towards me. But I followed my friend's advice and reminded myself that I had to be more patience. Once I got home from grocery, the landlord replied to me saying he would try to talk to the other guy, and not long after, he called me. Then, I got another appointment for next Monday morning.
What I learnt from today is that the solution will come whether I text people frantically for an answer or wait patiently for them to reply. The only difference is that in one, I will stress myself out and get annoyed thinking people are ignoring me; on the other, I'll get to go on with my day and have a calmer mind.
Day 3 Ends.
The heater repairing guy cancelled his appointment without prior notice... Only when I texted him 30 minutes before the appointment that he told me he couldn't come. Needless to say, this stirred up my impatience a great deal. I texted the guy right away when he could come then, and afterward, my landlord. I waited 10 minutes, no response, so I gave the guy a call and left a voice mail asking him to call me back once he got it. Normally, in these situations, I would react a bit more frantically which involves excessive text messaging until someone finally gives me an answer. But today, I decided to go do grocery instead :p
Then I was chatting with my best friend about it. I asked her, should I be annoyed at this. She told me if it really was an emergency, then I shouldn't be, he would contact me back as soon as he was done with his thing. If it was not, then karma would come back to him for being irresponsible, so I shouldn't be annoyed either. More than the event itself, I was a bit frustrated at how disrespectful he was towards me. But I followed my friend's advice and reminded myself that I had to be more patience. Once I got home from grocery, the landlord replied to me saying he would try to talk to the other guy, and not long after, he called me. Then, I got another appointment for next Monday morning.
What I learnt from today is that the solution will come whether I text people frantically for an answer or wait patiently for them to reply. The only difference is that in one, I will stress myself out and get annoyed thinking people are ignoring me; on the other, I'll get to go on with my day and have a calmer mind.
Day 3 Ends.
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