wish you had known?

From zenhabits ...

This post is over a year old but, hey, it holds true.

20 Things I Wish I Had Known When I Was Starting Out is a posting about what the author, a 35 year old would tell his 18 year old self. Most of it is obvious--stay active, invest, etc.

My favorite is #15.

"Forget the drama. Focus on being happy. There have been many things that have happened to me, professionally and personally, that seem like the end of the world. And while these things were bad, they get blown up in our heads so that they become major drama. They caused me to be depressed from time to time. What a waste of time. If I realized that it was all in my head, and that I could be happy instead if I focused on the positive, on what I did have, and what I could be doing … I could have skipped all the moping about."

I'm pretty sure that my experience with drama is not like the author of zenhabits. I managed to get sucked into to other people's drama. Drama is tiring. I like that the drama has been cut out of my life. I don't think I could stand it--I'm too tired of that crap.