Stop Ignoring Your Problem

There is something wrong with my computer. It just cuts off with no warning. The truth is that I’ve known about this problem ever since the second month I had it, but I didn’t do anything about it. I tried to ignore the problem hoping that it would go away or work itself out.

I don’t know what I was hoping. Maybe I thought little computer fairies would fly into the house one night and fix it while I slept so I wouldn’t have to deal with it. Well that didn’t happen. Instead the problem just kept getting worse. It would cut off more and more and I just did my best to ignore it.

I was so happy to finally have a new computer after having the same old laptop for nearly ten years that I wanted to pretend it was okay. I wanted to enjoy it. I didn’t want to deal with customer service and tech support. I just wanted to sit cradling my shiny new computer in my lap.

Months and months after purchasing it I’ve finally decided to deal with the problem. My computer will be going away on a trip to get serviced. That’s really inconvenient now. It would’ve been so much easier if I’d taken care of this whole mess when it first started happening.

Ignore it and it will go away …

Have you ever tried this method with a problem in your life? How did that work out for you?

Most times it doesn’t go well, because most problems will continue to be problems until you do something to fix them. The issues you have will continue until you decide to make a change.

I used to be shy. I’m not saying that being shy is good or bad. I’m just saying that for me it was a real sore spot. I felt like my shyness was keeping me from being who I really wanted to be. For years I complained about it, but accepted that this was the way I was. I didn’t like it, but I didn’t do anything to change it either.

I waited until I was nearly forty years old to take a look at my shyness and figure out what it was all about. It was about a lack of confidence mostly so I started working on my confidence.

For years I didn’t like being shy, but I did nothing about it because I’d decided I couldn’t do anything about it. I didn’t know how to change so instead of analyzing the situation and figuring out a solution I did nothing. Because I did nothing I continued to be shy. The problem that shyness was for me continued to get bigger and bigger.

If you have a problem in your life it will not go away until you start making some changes. Until you do things differently it will continue to be the same. You need to confront the issue, examine possible solutions, make a plan of action, and then act.

That’s how you invite change into your life. That’s how problems get solved.

Working on my shyness and confidence wasn’t easy. It has pushed me into some pretty uncomfortable places, but now I’m happy that I was willing to endure that discomfort in order to solve my problem.

You can do it too. You can face your problem and figure out a way to deal with it. Just start with small manageable steps.