

My boyfriend is not a planner – it’s just not his way. You have three choices – change your thinking, change your behavior, or do nothing. has zero impact on them – and only hurts you.Ģ. You get to decide how much you’re going to let this person’s behavior impact you. You can’t force someone to stop being lazy or lying to you or cheating on you. You can’t force them to do anything else. They are going to do the crazy, stupid, incorrect things they are going to do. Your issue is why you would stay with someone who is cheating on you.ġ. All you need to do is focus on your own good work. That lazy co-worker who isn’t doing their share of the work? Not your issue. All you need to worry about is getting safely to your destination. The driver who cut you off? Their driving is not your issue.

Most of the things that you get upset about aren’t your issues. Is she still doing all the stuff we had problems with? I’m sure. As soon as she moved, poof – there was peace on earth. Suddenly, she decided to move in with her mother. He was trying to rein her in she was acting out more and more we all went to counseling (I can’t tell you how many arguments, sleepless nights, and general fury on my part all this caused). My boyfriend’s daughter was behaving in some ways I found unacceptable. I recently let myself get all caught up in someone else’s drama. Mild to severe, other people’s actions can turn our world upside down. It could be anything from someone cutting you off in traffic to your spouse cheating on you. We find ourselves completely undone by someone else’s behavior.
