Exit strategies

[tinyjo]

I've been thinking about it recently and it's occured to me that one of my major mechanisms for dealing with bad, difficult or uncomfortable situations is to come up with an exit strategy. That's not to say that I won't be intending to try and improve the situation or turn it around, although of course you can't always. It just helps me to feel more in control and less stressed to know that if I really need to, I can step back, get away, whatever. It takes the pressure off. I think that's one of the reasons I find myself so uncomfortable with the idea of myself as a parent - there's no exit strategy you can really plan there.

I should do a real life update soon, really. I'll get to it, I promise.

Comments

Huh?

[pinata23.livejournal.com]

What's a real life update? Where do you download them then, I think I need one...
And the exit strategy stuff is a sensible reaction IMO.

Hmm...

[applez.livejournal.com]

And is being a parent so bad, difficult and uncomfortable? Surely there are rewards in trade for any of those experiences...

Also re exit strategies

[t--m--i.livejournal.com]

I remember well-known media tart Dr. Raj Persaud once making remarks in his column to the effect that there were at most 3 ways of dealing with a problem, viz: a) get rid of it b) learn to live with it c) run away from it. And that if any of them worked for you then hey! Problem solved! (As it were). Wise words indeed ;)