BEATING FRUSTRATION, THE HYGGE WAY
Frustration — Oh!!! This can really go on relentlessly for some of us every single day. The name of the game is how to handle your ongoing frustrations in a calm way without exhibiting your infuriation in public or with people around you. Every once in a while, there will be someone to keep you on your toes, or some kind of situation that will present itself in the most exasperating way — perhaps intentionally or unintentionally. Surrounding circumstances maybe the cause of your situation or it could be anyone you know or don’t know that could be the trigger of your disappointment. Either way, those frustrating thoughts get to you. Why?? Because you weren’t psychologically prepared for it.
So now comes the big question. How do you get past this kind of craziness without feeling unruffled, the hygge way?? For one, it’s not too difficult to keep frustrations at bay. Understand your subject matter thoroughly. Ask all perceivable questions to your colleagues about your presented situation. Be expressively prepared for any unseen and/or unexpected circumstances. Have a Plan B ready in case of contingencies. All these issues can be sorted out in calmness and silence of your mind. Hygge brings a kind of presence of mind toward your situation. It inculcates clear thinking for a future plan of action toward perhaps, certain unexpected situations that you thought was impossible to accomplish.
Feeling frustrated gets you nowhere. It only steals your peace of mind and embarrasses you in front of the people around you. Nothing hygge about it either. On the other hand, hygge being a calm state of mind, brings clarity with deep focus to comprehend the practicality of your presented situation. It’s only when you think ‘the hygge way’ which should come naturally to you, with the intent to understand in-depth comprehension of your perceived frustrations, you begin to comprehend and come up with plausible solutions to your exasperating issues. You begin to accept results, rather than dwell in anger of frustration. You begin to understand the who, when, why, what, how, when, and where, of it all. You realise that no matter the problem, you don’t have a choice but to accept the current state of those circumstances for what it is, rather than what it should have been according to your personal opinions.
Well then, bearing those uncontrollable circumstances that caused those fiery frustrations, don’t seem so bad after all, now does it?? Hygge thoughts, puts a very distinct and calm perspective to it all. Hygge away your frustrations for a calmer way of life and with your all-time favorite beverage — hot or cold. Notice the changes in your demeanor for and by yourself.