{"id":3235,"date":"2014-05-18T07:00:57","date_gmt":"2014-05-18T11:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/?p=3235"},"modified":"2014-09-26T20:04:37","modified_gmt":"2014-09-27T00:04:37","slug":"36570-letting-go-of-pet-peeves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/36570-letting-go-of-pet-peeves\/","title":{"rendered":"365+#70: Letting Go of Pet Peeves"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Days<\/a>12 Pet Peeves and What I\u2019m Doing About Them
\n<\/strong>Before I get back into continuing Round 2 of pruning\u00a0more household items, I\u2019m ready to let go of some intangible stuff – Pet Peeves. Over a year ago I blogged about my pet peeves<\/a> including:
\n1. \u00a0 Radio interviewees who end with \u201cThank you\u201d instead of \u201cYou\u2019re welcome.”
\n2. \u00a0 Unnecessary use of bottle water
\n3. \u00a0 Dragged music at church
\n4. \u00a0 Oversized mattresses.
\nI\u2019m embarrassed to say that apparently I\u2019m still hanging on to too many of these peeves since I also did a rant on oversized mattresses on my Wk. 4 A-Drawer-A-Day blog<\/a> several weeks ago.<\/p>\n

New pet peeves that have cropped up in my life are:<\/strong>
\n5. \u00a0 Long winded people who talk too much
\n6. \u00a0 Pop-up audio ads on some websites that interrupt my concentration
\n7. \u00a0 House rehabbers who paint over all the original woodwork
\n8. \u00a0 Deer and other critters that bother my vegetable garden
\n9. \u00a0\u00a0People who drop cans and bottles on the street. Ideally they\u2019d take them home and put them in the curbside recycling but at the very least, put it in a nearby trash can.
\n10.\u00a0Planned obsolescence (I learned my GPS life time update will last as long as I live but my Garmin GPS only has an expected life span of 2 years.
\n11. Too many generic birthday wishes cluttering up my Facebook feed
\n12. Manufacturers changing the size of their box or product to trick us into paying the same price for less product. (Example: toilet paper has now apparently been downsized so it is narrower than it used to be and now leaves a bigger gap at the sides of your standard toilet paper holder.<\/p>\n

This has gotten me thinking about what things annoy me and how to let go of pet peeves. I\u2019ve noticed that these pet peeves seem to fall into 2 general categories:
\nA. \u00a0Frivolous preferences<\/strong> and things I have little control over (the odd numbers).
\nB. \u00a0Annoying \u00a0but worthy things<\/strong> that would be a societal improvement if they were changed but may take more effort than I alone am capable of or care to invest (the even numbers). So, what to do?<\/p>\n

For Type A pet peeves:
\n<\/strong>Accept that I cannot change other people\u2019s language (\u201cYou\u2019re welcome.\u201d) long-windedness, littering (unless it\u2019s my own kids), decorating preferences (if it\u2019s not my own home), or Facebook birthday wishes (unless I want to lose friends and annoy people). I did mention to our music director once that dragged music is not pretty and I think it\u2019s gotten better.) For things or people that are not in my realm of control, I hereby declare that I am crossing them off my pet peeve list and letting them go. If you hear me complain, call me on it.<\/p>\n

For Type B pet peeves: <\/strong><\/p>\n