Seven Ways to Lose the Drama in Your Life - Day 219 of 365 Days to a Better You

Drama is awesome in a movie, but taxing in our lives. How do you minimize the drama in your life? Based on feedback from readers, TinyBuddha.com compiled a list of seven things you can do to reduce the drama.

1. Recognize when you're the source of the drama. If you want to go on a drama diet, start with you. You're the person you have the most control over. You might find, when considered beyond the heat of the moment, that you started or contributed to your last dramatic episode.
2. Change your perspective. Is the situation going to matter in a year or even 10 minutes from now? Avoid making mountains out of molehills.
3. Don't feed into other people's drama. So, you didn't cause the drama, but did your pour oil on their fire of drama? Let them have their moment and move on.
4. Reconsider unhealthy relationships. Are there people who bring nothing but drama to you? Harsh as it might sound, you may have to cut ties to cut the drama. This is, of course, a balance. If a person brings real value in your life but lots of drama too, you may try having a dispassionate conversation with them to see if you can come to an agreement to reduce drama.
5. Be clear with other people. Sometimes drama is just miscommunication. Both people are reacting rather than responding to the situation. Go to your calm place and take the emotion out of it to get to clear communication.
6. Be slow to label it drama. Sometimes it's just a lack of patience or insight that causes us to call something drama. The other person might just really need you right now. Seen and understood in a different light the "drama" might just be a need for compassion.
7. Learn from drama. This might be the most important one. Are you having the same drama over and over? Maybe the other person and you aren't learning from past dramas. Get conscious. If you know something sets them off, do you really need to go there? Conversely, if you know your buttons are being pushed, get conscious and choose a different reaction or take some space.

Your life doesn't have to be a constant soap opera, if you'll take these steps to lose the drama.You're amazing! I just wanted to tell you that in case no one else reminds you today.RayWebsite | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter | PayPal