Sometimes the best way to solve problems is to TALK.
Last week this has proven to be really beneficial. My conundrum involved finding a ride. I didn't want to feel helpless so the one thing I knew to do was talk.
First I asked people, who lived in Philly, how they were going to get home. I asked Ashley, Gina, and then Athena. Ashley and Gina were staying in the Pittsburgh area and Athena's car was already full.
During lunch time I just started talking with Justin about my proposed plan of going to Maryland. Then he suggested that I should take the train in New Carrollton (from his experience, he knew that this train went to Philly). I'm glad he suggested this because when I looked at the train schedules that left Union Station D.C., they were booked and really expensive.
I asked my friend Samay if she could drop me in New Carrollton station since it was on the way to her house, and she agreed (I was relieved). Later on she told me that I could also take the airplane (I didn't consider this at all and I don't know why, I already set my mind on this plan and I didn't want to start all over again. I just wanted to get home).
The point, what may first appear to be "whining" is really talking and talking starts conversation, which leads to solving problems.
Posted by Michael Diezmos at November 28, 2005 12:44 PM