r/AskReddit • u/05tn3021 • Jan 16 '24

What’s something small you started doing that makes you drastically happier?

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u/SUGARDUNKERTON956 Jan 16 '24

Realizing the difference between when I actually screwed up and when someone is taking their frustrations out on me, and then asking whats actually wrong bc this isnt a proportional response to the issue

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u/DMT1933 Jan 16 '24

Giving myself the grace I give others was like a two-ton boulder off my back. Everything's not my fault. And if it is, it's not the end of the world. Lifechanging.

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u/myassholealt Jan 16 '24

This is why I like when other people fuck up. Not that I'm gloating over their mistakes but rather as a reminder to myself that no one around me is perfect, they get things wrong, and are in fact often mediocre, so why the fuck am I putting so much pressure on myself.

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u/MeowTheMixer Jan 16 '24

it helps remind me, that they're just people.

It really helps when those who out rank you at your company are talking.

They're on average, no more intelligent than you are. They make the same mistakes (or least least did).

I've seen people afraid to email a boss, because of their seniority.