I have recently come to a realisation and that is that there are a lot of angry people in the world right now. 

Now obviously my perspective on the world is fairly limited but this is merely an observation. People seem to be stressed out and angry about so many little things, such as the train being a little bit late or the bus being crowded. I recently watched Simon Amstell’s stand up show Do Nothing (which is hilariously funny by the way) and he ends the show with this explanation in the video above.

This idea of “doing nothing” makes perfect sense to me. You can’t do anything about your train being cancelled so why be angry? Let it wash over you. You are literally shortening your life by getting wound up about it. 

Let me be clear, I’m not saying you don’t have a right to be angry about these kinds of things. Sometimes you need to have a rant and a rave, and complain about a shitty service but don’t let it change your whole demeanour. 

Your time is precious and while sometimes you’ll have to spend it getting an extra bus and a tube to get to work, maybe you should focus on the positive side of it; you’ll have a little extra time to read your book, or listen to some more of the album you downloaded yesterday. It’s also fairly boring listening to people complain about the failings of Transport for London. I know, I’ve had to listen to myself doing it enough times.

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(addendum: AGEE!! I didn’t know you posted this!!)