Interesting thing I noticed.
So if we're not linked up on twitter or on facebook, I got in a car accident today.
My car was rear ended just before I pulled away from a stoplight that had just turned green, I'm fine, no one was injured. Things could have always been worse.
What I've been musing over is a couple things.
First, while my nerves were rattled I kept my head, hopped out of my car and checked on the folks who hit me. I don't actually remember making the decision to do this, but I had presense of mind to know I wasn't hurt but should check on them. This is interesting to me, I'm not sure what to attribute this to, I was also the one to pull out my cell phone and call the cops but overall I kept a level of mental calm that I wouldn't have otherwise expected even though the adrenaline was pumping through my system. Maybe its being a bit older, maybe its all the martial arts practice over the last several years. I don't know, but I like it. I still didn't do a couple things I probably should have; got the other guys insurance info, snapped a picture of the damage. But keeping calm (mostly) and my wits about me, well I'm proud of myself.
Second, some hours later I'm finding that my reaction to the whole thing is "Meh, shit happens." I feel like I should be at least mildly frustrated or something about this, but as I said, shit happens. The insurance will take care of paying for the repairs, I have a rental in the interim. I've spent a lot of mental energy reinforcing the idea of "don't sweat the small stuff" over the last several years, it seems that it has paid off. :) I'm actually happy no one was hurt in the accident, cars are (usually) easily repaired, people not always.
I do sort of wish I could have gotten away with taking the day off though, ahh well.
EDIT: Also I like the updated livejournal editor compared to the old one.
My car was rear ended just before I pulled away from a stoplight that had just turned green, I'm fine, no one was injured. Things could have always been worse.
What I've been musing over is a couple things.
First, while my nerves were rattled I kept my head, hopped out of my car and checked on the folks who hit me. I don't actually remember making the decision to do this, but I had presense of mind to know I wasn't hurt but should check on them. This is interesting to me, I'm not sure what to attribute this to, I was also the one to pull out my cell phone and call the cops but overall I kept a level of mental calm that I wouldn't have otherwise expected even though the adrenaline was pumping through my system. Maybe its being a bit older, maybe its all the martial arts practice over the last several years. I don't know, but I like it. I still didn't do a couple things I probably should have; got the other guys insurance info, snapped a picture of the damage. But keeping calm (mostly) and my wits about me, well I'm proud of myself.
Second, some hours later I'm finding that my reaction to the whole thing is "Meh, shit happens." I feel like I should be at least mildly frustrated or something about this, but as I said, shit happens. The insurance will take care of paying for the repairs, I have a rental in the interim. I've spent a lot of mental energy reinforcing the idea of "don't sweat the small stuff" over the last several years, it seems that it has paid off. :) I'm actually happy no one was hurt in the accident, cars are (usually) easily repaired, people not always.
I do sort of wish I could have gotten away with taking the day off though, ahh well.
EDIT: Also I like the updated livejournal editor compared to the old one.