Offering thoughts, opinions and suggestions. A service!?

Trying to sleep, but my mind got to ticking away. At first I was thinking that I'd do a 30 day challenge of not taking the world so seriously. Then it narrowed it down to not taking myself too serious. Then I narrowed it down some more to simply solving the problem from my last blog.

My inner dialogue is very clever lol It goes "Why not ask people if they're interested in your opinions, suggestions or advice?" then I started thinking about how it's like a service some people are interested in and some people aren't. Plus it'll give people the option and me on whether or not they wanted to vent or they truly are looking for some words of guidance.

Some people just aren't looking to hear someone else's opinion. I also got to thinking about how I have to separate my feelings from the conversation as I did when chatting with my sister. And I also admit that I may not have been listening...actively I mean, because I was actually feeling, and listening. Plus there was a lot of back-and-forth.

Generally I'd like to be the one to carry the conversation, but give the illusion that the other person is in control of it. Why? Well, I think if someone is a good conversationalist they are able to maneuver the conversation in a favorable way for both parties.

Also in order for me to not to waste my time, perhaps just asking before I start stating stuff help. Then I can just oh "Oh, okay" and leave lol Move on to something better. The whole bickering with no hopes of it ending sounds tempting, but perhaps the other person isn't interested.

Also breathing and just listening is something I'd like to do as well. I do this just fine with people outside of my family, but because I have a personal attachment to my family, it may be harder, but not impossible :)

So these are the things I'll continue to attempt. I'm certain it will work. I think I did something years ago, I told myself I would work at something and it worked...more than likely it has to do with why I think and feel the way I feel now xD Now I guess I'd like to work on my conversation skills.

Before I go, as strange as this sound, I keep thinking about how life and society are nothing but a game. Like a TellTale game.There's a lot of different options, but there is one favorable option to get a good ending with each character. I feel that if I can understand this, as strange as this sound, I can somehow use it to my advantage. Mostly because some people are just unaware. It's like a magician that is able to deceive the observer.

With that, I'm off to not take things too seriously, and to also practice these tips! Now hopefully I can sleep, now that I've typed this.

Mon