The difference may be small, but I’d rather focus on letting in solutions than letting go of the problem. In my experience, I can always find a problem to let go of, or I can give a solution room to crystallize in my perspective.
Dirty Sci-Fi Buddha
Musings and books from a grunty overthinker
Dirty Sci-Fi Buddha 
How profound. I find it is usually easier to let go of problems than try to find solutions sometimes. Maybe I am different.
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Inspiring perspective! When we experience a solution, it preps our road ahead with the next opportunity.
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In my experience, letting go of a problem can be cathartic, but it usually ends up biting me in the ass later down the road. Just because Ive let go of the problem doesn’t mean its let go of me.
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I think the difference is huge, with implications for outlook, learning, resilience, agency etc. One is the easier option and the other is hard. Well put. I look forward to reading more musings – I couldn’t seem to find them for a while.
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It’s a big difference for me as well! I try to put the musings out once a week. 🙂
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This is quite true. Instead of shying away from the “bad” side of something, why not embrace something in all its capacity, both the “good” and “bad” sides? To solve a problem is really to accept it and see it as part of a bigger picture. Ignorance is easy and provides instant relief because it is not the true solution. As of the time I’m writing this comment, I’m still learning to adopt a new perspective with courage. Thank you 🙂
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Absolutely! The “bad” for me, given time and scope, has often turned out “good.” It’s helped me not get sucked up in the seeming immediate urgency of things.
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Deep thoughts. Easy to find problems. Less easy to find the solutions.
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Indeed!
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I can easily turn mole hills into mountains…so I try to balance if a problem needs to be solved or if it is a fleeting issue with no real consequence. I don’t get it right all the time, but it seems to help to ask myself ‘Does it really matter?’
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I’m an overthinker, so that always ends up going into an existential perspective (nothing matters in the long run). I still take action, but asking that question definitely helps relieve my stress!
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My overthinking often turns into a loop, playing the same situation over and over trying to find alternative paths…especially in the middle of the night . I wish it would advance into something existential!!!
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I think it kind of culminated for me in that I’d get exhausted by the loop, and in that exhaustion I’d gravitate toward the question of what’s all this for anyway, if we’re destined to die regardless of what happens? Despite the seeming pessimism, that actually put me at ease and allowed me to enjoy the moment more.
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Encouragement much needed at the moment. Thanks.
Gwen.
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My pleasure!
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