I think I spend too much time being
haunted by conversations; mainly my responses.
What I should have said, what I actually meant and so forth.
Like anyone ever has a do-over.
It’s a useless occupation, the situation arose and it went the way it
went. The question was asked and
answered. The opportunity was bungled or
handled. My words were said. The mistakes were made, the impressions were
formed. It is time to move on.
However, these hauntings contain
potential for story plots once I get over the insanity
that is to continue to overthink the incident!
For the sake of my mental health, I’m going to choose story plot.
Here are some steps that have worked for me in the past to move from
disturbed to inspired.
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| An eerie bird? |
First I will make brief notes, with
dates and names of what happened. These truths
are then filed. I have found that
because I have recorded the facts of the matter, I can then move away from
further mental review. It (the
disturbance) is ‘put down.’
Then I am ready to create fiction around
the situation. I will give my feelings
to another, or I will create another who thinks and reacts very different than
I do and let the incident happen to them.
I will stretch and exaggerate, I will think of dire results or
causes. I will let the seed from my own
world grow in a world of its own.
