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How do I keep my mind distracted?

I guess my boyfriend of two years and I may or may not be breaking up. However, I have a really important interview tomorrow evening. How do I keep my mind off the mess that is my relationship (on Valentine's Day) until after my interview? Any good movie recomendations? Youtube clips I can watch at work? Engaging blogs? Something to keep me distracted and possibly produce some happy endorphins until tomorrow night?

new york state of mind asked in Relationships about 1 year ago | Report

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    Serious: you could read up on whatever topic you're going to be interviewed about--I find that this usually leads to surfing Wikipedia for hours, reading related information.

    Silly: look on Youtube for nut shots or clips involving stupid animal tricks. If that's the kind of thing you find funny, it works wonders for lifting your mood. My husband can do this for hours, especially if he starts watching the chimp falling backwards off a log video. 15 seconds of hilarity. Or, if you need it, Cee Lo. Silly blogs I like are CakeWrecks, small doses of LOLcats, and, like Basil, Order of the Stick.

    Other: I find that strenuous exercise works wonders, as does difficult (for me) yoga postures. If you're physically tired, you'll sleep instead of brood, and you'll want to be well-rested for your interview. Go walk several miles or run tonight and you'll feel better. As for the yoga, when I'm doing a difficult posture, I find that my mind goes clear since I'm focused on maintaining balance/awkward position so much that I can't think of anythng else. It's nice.

    Oh, and have something for dinner that you love but the boyfriend doesn't/didn't. Just because.

    Griffin answered in Relationships about 1 year ago | Report
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    If you don't already know of him, check out my friend the wine kone on youtube:

    http://www.youtube.com/thewinekone

    Also, try to tell yourself that you can deal with all the messy stuff LATER... you don't need to worry about it now. There is plenty of time after the interview to stress and worry and do other stuff. Or, give yourself a set amount of time, like 10 minutes, to really stress about everything and then when the 10 minutes is up tell yourself that you have to wait until after the interview for the rest of the melting down.

    Kristin Bell answered in Relationships about 1 year ago | Report
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    Here's a shot in the dark. Try something that is both entertaining and interesting. Chow.com has a series of mini documentaries/interviews called "Food Obsessives" on youtube. Each one is about ten minutes long, and focuses on one person who has both expertise on particular food topic and a kind of devotion to it. The pieces on coffee, pizza, and absinthe are particularly good. You can see them all here: http://www.chow.com/food-news/obsessives/

    Tom Sackett answered in Relationships about 1 year ago | Report
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    You could read this entire series:

    http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0001.html

    It is fantastic, funny, and endlessly entertaining. When I first found this site I pretty much read it for days straight. It kept me highly entertained and distracted.

    Sorry to hear about the relationship. Obligatory fish in the sea metaphor, things will work out in the end comment, all that stuff you probably already know. : )

    Basil answered in Relationships about 1 year ago | Report
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