{"id":816,"date":"2018-10-10T12:05:02","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T12:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/?p=816"},"modified":"2020-03-20T12:29:07","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T12:29:07","slug":"dont-make-your-problems-my-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/2018\/10\/10\/dont-make-your-problems-my-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"Don’t make your problems my problems."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Life is complex. There are the good things and then there are the bad things, or as we commonly call them, problems.<\/p>\n

Some problems feel like they are huge, insurmountable ones and then again, others feel like they are little blips on the radar that are easily fixable. It is all relative.<\/p>\n

For example, if the problem is that your car is running out of petrol, it\u2019s really easy to go to the petrol station and fill it up with gas\u2014if you have money. But if you don\u2019t have money, it\u2019s a real problem.<\/p>\n

Sometimes the problem is not really a problem. For instance\u2026 Joe Bloggs has a fabulous sports car and you wish you had a car like that. But actually you have a perfectly fine car that gets you from A to B and you don\u2019t need a sports car at all! That is more like envy and is not a real problem.<\/p>\n

But often, the problem with real problems is that we tend to make them worse by ignoring them. There\u2019s this thing hovering in the back of your mind that you know you have to deal with, but you squish it down and hope that it will just go away magically, all by itself.<\/p>\n

Of course, this does not often happen.<\/p>\n

The best thing when you have a problem is to try and tackle it immediately.<\/p>\n

Look at it from all angles; sometimes it\u2019s not as bad as you originally thought. Often you can narrow it down into smaller issues and deal with them one by one, slowly and thoroughly.<\/p>\n

Sometimes it also helps to write down the problem, and the possible solution(s). Then look at it for a while and decide which works best for you. It\u2019s amazing how, when you confront something head on, it is usually never is as bad as it first seems.<\/p>\n

Often a problem is as simple as asking for help or brainstorming for a solution. The old saying of \u201ca problem shared is a problem halved\u201d is so true.<\/p>\n

But sometimes, we only look at the problems in life, and we forget to be thankful for all the good things. When you\u2019re grateful for all that is good and positive in your life, it\u2019s easier to deal with the things that are not.<\/p>\n

Look on the up side people!<\/p>\n

Sibo<\/p>\n

xxxx<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Life is complex. There are the good things and then there are the bad things, or as we commonly call them, problems. Some problems feel like they are huge, insurmountable ones and then again, others feel like they are little blips on the radar that are easily fixable. It is all relative. For example, if … Continue reading “Don’t make your problems my problems.”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[68,80],"tags":[198],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=816"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":819,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816\/revisions\/819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}