So I put everybody’s advice to work today. Somebody was asking the probing questions about my Christmas plans and I just kept busy doing what I was doing and I just made up some vague nonsense and immediately asked about her plans. She’s not a personal friend and she’s not someone I feel at all comfortable sharing with. So I didn’t and I just didn’t even worry about it for a change.

It was refreshing to just not worry about it. I have told myself that I’m not obligated to answer people’s nosy questions in any way.

I notice people’s responses are different when I just don’t give a ... bleep...

It’s funny how our perception changes when we give ourselves permission to do things differently.