There’s only so much time — I’m not gonna waste it on anger

Lara Starsearch
2 min readOct 14, 2024

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When I get angry, I take a break. I get away and go to a lake and stare at it. I walk by myself until I enjoy my own company.

Then I go to my favorite health food store and buy a turkey pesto bacon sandwich with gluten-free bread and gluten-free pumpkin spice bread and I stare out from my car window at the world walking by until I want to be around people again.

Somehow, my dogs put up with me. They probably know I’m angry, but they accept me and they don’t try to change me and they don’t feel sorry for me and don’t tell me what I should do to feel better. They just are.

Eventually, I learn how to just be again by watching them.

I’ve never been one to drink my feelings away or smoke my feelings away. I suppose I eat my feelings away, but I really don’t think I’m that bad with food. If anything I overdose on solitude until my feelings under control.

Eventually I turn negativity into art. To me art is just the ability to see the world in a different way. Thanks for listening to my TED talk.

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