{"id":4304,"date":"2020-04-06T15:45:10","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T13:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bullesbygundula.com\/?p=4304"},"modified":"2020-04-08T16:02:26","modified_gmt":"2020-04-08T14:02:26","slug":"counting-for-nothing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bullesbygundula.com\/en\/counting-for-nothing\/","title":{"rendered":"Counting for nothing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img src=\"http:\/\/bullesbygundula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/clock-1205634_640-1.jpg\" alt=\"http:\/\/bullesbygundula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/clock-1205634_640-1.jpg\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>My German background is often my excuse for being a stickler for punctuality. I can\u2019t bear being late, which is often why I\u2019m hanging about waiting to meet someone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The challenge I have is that I expect the same from other people. When I\u2019m made to wait, I feel as if I\u2019m not respected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And that\u2019s when I part company with common sense. I start wallowing in self-pity and feel completely miserable. I become inconsolable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I used to keep these feelings deep inside and they would eat away at me. Now I express myself and say, \u201cI feel as if I count for nothing.\u201d&nbsp; The great thing is that I\u2019m not sulking any more. I\u2019ve said what was on my mind and it lets the other person give me an explanation I can understand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Everyone can see where they are then. And I can get on with my life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What about you? What should you get out of your system so that you can get on with your life?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My German background is often my excuse for being a stickler for punctuality. I can\u2019t bear being late, which is often why I\u2019m hanging about waiting to meet someone. The challenge I have is that I expect the same from other people. When I\u2019m made to wait, I feel as if I\u2019m not respected. And that\u2019s when I part company with common sense. I start wallowing in self-pity and feel completely miserable. I become inconsolable. I used to keep these feelings deep inside and they would eat away at me. Now I express myself and say, \u201cI feel as if I count for nothing.\u201d&nbsp; The great thing is that I\u2019m not sulking any more. I\u2019ve said what was on my mind and it lets the other person give me an explanation I can understand. Everyone can see where they are then. And I can get on with my life. What about you? What should you get out of your system so that you can get on with your life?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2289],"tags":[2723,2724,2725,2728,2726,2727],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bullesbygundula.com\/en\/counting-for-nothing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Counting for nothing - Bulles de bonheur\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"My German background is often my excuse for being a stickler for punctuality. 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