Artchic, I know you don't like hearing, don't take it personally, but that really is what you have to do. And here's the thing: it takes practice.

Oh lord, if you think not taking things personally is easy like flipping a switch, lord help you. It takes a lot of practice to build up your self confidence and self esteem to be able to shrug things off. When whatever it is that's happening confronts you, you need to take a break, move away from it, distract yourself with something else, and let it be. And you have to practice it.

I don't have it perfected, people still get to me often, but I'm learning how to talk myself out of what someone who has no bearing on my life says.

So just keep practicing.

Seesaw