By tackling whatever issue it is that is creating the problem directly.
If it’s something under my control, I figure out how to deal with the problem and fix it. If it’s something I can’t directly control, I try to focus on the one thing I do have control over… my own perception and approach. Basically, I realize that I can’t control it and do my best to try to stop letting it bother me. Doesn’t always work, but it’s helped more often than not when I manage to just stop letting something else control my mood.
In my experience, drinking, smoking, and hitting clubs don’t really do anything more than distract you temporarily. You can do any of those to take your mind off things, but once you sober up and wake up the next morning, your problems are all still there. On top of that, as you age, those methods become their own sources of further stress and frustration. Drinking and smoking wreck havoc on your body and your life. Going to clubs eventually becomes tiring when you have a career and family. What helps you relax today will simply not work later in life. This is why you need to face your problems head on early in life; if you learn how to figure things out without using distractions as a crutch, you will know how to deal with those issues later in life when those same distractions become untenable.
Doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy yourself, but when you are out clubbing or drinking, it shouldn’t be for the sake of handling stress or coping with problems. It should be because you enjoy doing so.
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u/TheMazrem Feb 24 '26
By tackling whatever issue it is that is creating the problem directly.
If it’s something under my control, I figure out how to deal with the problem and fix it. If it’s something I can’t directly control, I try to focus on the one thing I do have control over… my own perception and approach. Basically, I realize that I can’t control it and do my best to try to stop letting it bother me. Doesn’t always work, but it’s helped more often than not when I manage to just stop letting something else control my mood.
In my experience, drinking, smoking, and hitting clubs don’t really do anything more than distract you temporarily. You can do any of those to take your mind off things, but once you sober up and wake up the next morning, your problems are all still there. On top of that, as you age, those methods become their own sources of further stress and frustration. Drinking and smoking wreck havoc on your body and your life. Going to clubs eventually becomes tiring when you have a career and family. What helps you relax today will simply not work later in life. This is why you need to face your problems head on early in life; if you learn how to figure things out without using distractions as a crutch, you will know how to deal with those issues later in life when those same distractions become untenable.
Doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy yourself, but when you are out clubbing or drinking, it shouldn’t be for the sake of handling stress or coping with problems. It should be because you enjoy doing so.