My roomie got a call notifying her her doctor needed to reschedule an appointment. For most people & under other circumstances this wouldn't have been a big deal. But, today this was a deal of at least mediumish size.
We've been through a lot of stress this year, especially this last month. Everything has stayed up in the air for far too long. We were finally starting to get so order back in our routine without all the extra external stress people were bringing to the party.
The appointment got moved up & not postponed, which in my thinking was a good thing. But, she was just waking up, had a doctor's appointment this morning & had just been to this doctor last week. On top of everything else, this was just enough to cause a bit of not-quite-panic, but certainly some anxiety.
Plans are there to help you get order in your life. Yes, sometimes they have to be altered for things beyond your control. But, sometimes, they get altered so much, they hardly count as plans or routines any longer.
It's a good thing she has her appointment, it's not good that it couldn't have remained where it was for her sense of routine. Sometimes, it feels like far too many people look at our routines as merely suggestions & not something we try to live with in our daily lives.
If those people who want to disrupt you plans can be, then they should be told kiss off & take a hike. Your time, your schedule, your needs.. all those things are important. Just as important as whatever reason these other people think you should alter your plans to fit their needs.
Sometimes you have to suck it up & go with it. But when you don't, tell them, "No!". You shouldn't have to alter your life to make someone else's easier, when they most likely wouldn't so the same for you.
Cya...
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