A listener or a problem-solver?

So, we all have have issues, small, big, or we just want to vent out. Where do you go? To a friend, to a sibling, to a parent.

Usually, when we speak about a problem, or something that is on our mind. maybe not a problem exactly, the first thing we need is a listener, the listener is a person with whom we are comfortable, so that we narrate things in an order, most of the time, adding our opinions, explaining the expressions, the scenery, the climate, etc..

And if we were wrong in a particular judgement, the listener, if not experienced in this venting, starts solving the problem, and may comment that there was a better way the situation could have been handled. And then occurs chaos because we are not done yet explaining, but here is a solution being offered without complete knowledge of the affairs.

A problem-solver is when you are in a soup, or need to take a decision, discussing pros and cons. Literally, a person with whom you can talk without hesitation about your ideas, your thoughts, real opinions of a person or a situation, and then when you both are on the same page, they, as an outsider without bias can help you solve.

Now, from the other side, who are you as a person? Do you listen or you quickly start judging? Do you start solving the problem in your head?

This is written for https://www.theblogchatter.com/daily-writing-prompts-for-write-a-page-a-day WAPAD Blogchatter. My posts are based on posters created towards Jan end, I wasn’t even sure of using them for WAPAD But here I am!

Questy Musings is a musing with a question. I have certain questions that keep me busy. Sharing my thoughts aloud, I wonder if this post touched you and made you reflect upon certain aspects of your life, my blog, my write-up here has achieved its mission. See you around soon.

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Do you react or over-react?

Expectations are a part of human tendency. We expect things to go a certain way, we expect a certain result, we expect people to talk in a certain way. And when things go right, it is bliss.

But if the results are deviated, it is chaos. What do you do at this point? React or over-react?

If you sit and analyse what happened, it helps, but at that time, the sadness comes out in the form of anger and blinds you.

You need to let out your emotions, but not in a restrained manner, and channelize them.

1. Take a bath, refresh yourself
2. Divert the attention
3. Think of/Consider alternate routes.
4. Understand the people you were dealing with
5. Make sure you understand, why and what happened.

These expectations are a part of life, one thing goes wring is not the end of the road, people and thing are sometimes vulnerable and circumstances may change.

This is written for https://www.theblogchatter.com/daily-writing-prompts-for-write-a-page-a-day WAPAD Blogchatter. My posts are based on posters created towards Jan end, I wasn’t even sure of using them for WAPAD But here I am!

Questy Musings is a musing with a question. I have certain questions that keep me busy. Sharing my thoughts aloud, I wonder if this post touched you and made you reflect upon certain aspects of your life, my blog, my write-up here has achieved its mission. See you around soon.

Vacuum after completing a heart-warming series

This was a poster created after I completed Homeland, a series on Disney plus Hotstar. It was a part of my day for about 3 and a half months . The last episode was overwhelming . It left me sense of contentment too, not asking for more.

Over the last two years, I used to see the poster of Homeland come up as an option on the screen of Hotstar, but chose to move on to something else, damn, these people running our devices do know us better than us.

Homeland is an American espionage thriller television series developed by Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa based on the Israeli series Prisoners of War. The series stars Claire Danes as Cathie Mathison, a CIA officer with bipolar disorder and Damian Lewis as Nicolas Brody, a Marine Corps Scout Sniper.   Brody was held captive as a prisoner of war, and Mathison becomes convinced that he was “turned” by the enemy and poses a threat to the United States. The series storyline grows from this premise, together with Mathison’s ongoing covert work. The series also stars Mandy Patinkin as Saul Berenson and Rupert Friend as Peter Quinn.

When the series comes to an end, I usually look up the characters on Social Media, I began this after Modern Family. Somehow I do that only after the series ended, except for Prison Break where I looked up Wentworth Miller who plays Michael Scofield, after his apparent passing away in the series. I realised this was a vacuum I was trying to fill in, as I was so used to these characters being a part of my life, apart from my family, work, near and dear.

I used to watch the making, the interviews of the characters, read short articles or posts about them. It was like I was saying Bye in a slow manner.

It is difficult to let go some people or things who have been a part of your life, so I believe we need to give it the time it takes, recall memories, like I did in the form of watching the making of the series, give it the love we have, cherish the memories, get to know them a little more and then say the final goodbye, only to re-start the journey again with a new set of characters waiting to find place in our hearts.

Which was the series that left you with a vacuum?

This is written for https://www.theblogchatter.com/daily-writing-prompts-for-write-a-page-a-day WAPAD Blogchatter. This is so cool that today’s prompt and my write-up have a close connection. My posts are based on posters created towards Jan end, I wasn’t even sure of using them for WAPAD But here I am!

Questy Musings is a musing with a question. I have certain questions that keep me busy. Sharing my thoughts aloud, I wonder if this post touched you and made you reflect upon certain aspects of your life, my blog, my write-up here has achieved its mission. See you around soon.