Breathe. If I notice I'm frustrated, I just stop and do zen breathing for a while.
Then, when I'm centered again, I start looking at what I feel, since frustration seldom has a single cause.
I sometimes do the "bab5 question and answer" ... who am I, what do I want, why am I here, where am I going?
(and for some reason this reminds me of Alfred Bester's book "Tyger, Tyger", published in the US as "The Stars My Destination". Who are you? Where are you from? Where are you now? Where are you going?)
Everything I was going to say has been said, so yay! I'll echo, in particular: "walk," "breathe," and "do something immediately, visibly productive" (wiping down the kitchen counters is one of my defaults).
I'm in the walking crowd. I walk away and focus on breathing and muttering to myself about how I want things to be, talking myself down (in my head so I don't look like a complete weirdo). Opportunity permitting, I might clean, pull weeds or go to yoga as well. Productive things that take me out of the moment.
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Then, when I'm centered again, I start looking at what I feel, since frustration seldom has a single cause.
I sometimes do the "bab5 question and answer" ... who am I, what do I want, why am I here, where am I going?
(and for some reason this reminds me of Alfred Bester's book "Tyger, Tyger", published in the US as "The Stars My Destination".
Who are you? Where are you from? Where are you now? Where are you going?)
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I'll echo, in particular: "walk," "breathe," and "do something immediately, visibly productive" (wiping down the kitchen counters is one of my defaults).
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