So Sick Of...

So Sick of…

By Drew Bankston

We’ve heard it before and each of us has probably said it at least once. “I’m so sick of my job,” “I’m so sick of this traffic,” “I’m so sick of this person or that person,” “I’m so sick of being sick.” Even though we say it, and there is a very good possibility that we truly mean it at the time we say it, a good night’s sleep will usually take care of it with only a few lingering remnants left over at the morning light. Sometimes, however, a good night’s sleep doesn’t do the trick. What happens then?

For most of us, we will continue to put up with the situation until something happens that forces us to deal with it. In the meantime, we feel like we’re being used and are miserable. Why do we do this to ourselves?

We fall into situations that don’t seem to fit with us but we stick with them because we become comfortable in our discomfort. It’s easier to put up with the discomfort of the situation than it is to try and change it. Once we realize that the fact we are sick and tired of a situation and that acting to change it will make our lives easier, then we quit complaining about it and do something to change the situation.  Don’t worry. I do the same thing, but I’m getting better. I’m actually sick of complaining, so the best way to handle it is to have nothing to complain about.  In order to do that, I have to evaluate my life and adjust it daily. If my job is getting to me, I need to start looking around for something else. I need to act on the situations and stop reacting to them. Only then can I, and you, be in control of our own lives and stop being so sick of, well, everything! Let’s give it a try, shall we?