I keep a posable Kermit the Frog figure by my workspace.
On Zoom calls, I’d use it to mimic the Kermit Drinks Tea meme.
A visual representation of “This doesn’t involve or matter to me.”
But the truth is, I’m incapable of not caring.
At some level, I care.
And when I care, I end up caring too much about it.
Then, I say things I shouldn’t.
I never learned to be still, never learned to just keep quiet.
Even keeping quiet is saying something when it comes to people who can’t normally keep quiet.
I should sip more tea.