I think I am forgetting something important on how to keep my Job_ protect your peace at work

Stress is building up. 😣⚡

I feel like I am forgetting an important principle about my work—something I swore by when I decided I didn't want to job-hop anymore: to work peacefully and be at peace with my coworkers. 🕊️💼

I feel like I am forgetting to be at peace with everybody. 💭

Yes, I don't always agree with everyone, and I don't agree with their beliefs. 🤐 But that doesn't mean it is worth bruising the tiny bit of work relationships I have to begin with, or crossing that thin line of a professional colleague-coworker relationship just to try to prove my point. 🛑🤝

I have written in this blog before that it pays to be a bit of a flatterer ("sip-sip"). 

Read my previous post here: 

2026 vs 2017 - Review post: Reasons Why You Are Not Satisfied with Your Job?

☕😉 I still agree with that, and I have benefited from it. 📈 So why am I being stubborn again, trying to disagree with their beliefs? 🤦‍♂️ I genuinely don't care. I genuinely don't care, but this attitude needs to come across 

1. politely and 
2. acceptably to the other side. 🎭

I honestly believe that people don't want to work with a difficult person, so I shouldn't try to be one. 🙅‍♂️ 

I feel like I am forgetting how my workday could be better?—that I have to initiate the greeting 👋, get to know them a little bit 💬, and hint on my tasks so I can scram & head back quickly to my desk. 🏃‍♂️💨💻 I actually learned that from a video on "how to small talk".

Also, I have a powerful arsenal that I can use if I am not agreeing with every conversation, because I always try to remember what the book Never Split the Difference says: there is a way to make the other party feel heard without necessarily agreeing with them. 📖🎧💬

I just feel a bit of weight in my heart these past few weeks 🏋️‍♂️💔, and I don't think it is unnecessary. It feels like I am forgetting this principle and failing to apply it. 📉 I forgot to put on a mask and protect my peace. 🛡️ Not that I am being mean, I am just trying to maximize a peaceful life 🌿😌, and I think that is the most important part of it all. 

That is it for now. 📝 Thanks for reading all the way! 🙏💖