7 ways to handle disruptions in our everyday lives

We always aim to live our best lives and avoid problems. However, disruptions are sometimes inevitable. They cause a stop-gap in our engagements with people, work, and everyday life. In this post, we will be looking at 7 ways to handle disruption in our everyday lives.

Disruptions sometimes come with changes, and changes are somewhat inevitable. So expect some disruptions to your daily routine when you try out that new diet plan. Jokes aside, the daily hustle and bustle have created a steady stream of disruptions. 

Disruptions can be short-term or long-term. One thing that usually causes long-term disruptions in daily life is usually fear. It is normal to be afraid but not too much. This might lead to other forms of disruptions. Fear of failure could cause other ailments. So Fear should be minimised.

 Another cause of disruptions generally, is lack of preparation. When you're making changes but are not prepared for the little challenges that come with those changes, it usually causes disruptions.

Types of disruptions

Health disruptions 

Health disruptions refer to events or conditions that negatively impact the physical, mental, or social well-being of individuals or communities. These disruptions can be caused by various factors, including infectious disease outbreaks (such as pandemics), natural disasters, economic instability, technological failures, or other unforeseen circumstances.

Financial disruptions 

Financial disruptions refer to events or conditions that cause significant instability or upheaval in the financial system of a country or on a global scale. This could also happen to individuals too. These disruptions can be triggered by various factors, including economic recessions, market crashes, currency devaluations, banking crises, or other unexpected shocks to the financial system.

Relationship disruptions 

Relationship disruptions refer to significant changes or challenges in the dynamics between individuals, whether in personal, familial, or professional contexts. These disruptions can arise from various factors, including conflicts, betrayals, changes in life circumstances, or shifts in priorities.

There are other types of disruptions. But, the two things they have in common is that they can be planned for but often come unannounced. What do I mean by this? You can insure your car but an accident can come suddenly. This causes disruptions In your movement. Other similar ones follow the same pattern. But there is hope, let's talk about how to handle disruptions

7 ways of handling disruptions in our everyday lives

It is important to remain calm and avoid panicking

This can save you a great deal of energy. It is better to spend that energy analyzing the situation than panicking. However, being calm after a disruption requires experience. One we all have to painfully go through to get.

Accept that it is happening and you can deal with it

Being in denial wouldn't help. It is important to wake up and smell the coffee. Handling disruption requires that an individual come to terms with it and handle it. Leaving it to linger for too long might make it worse. 

Take responsibility for the problem

Sometimes it is your fault and sometimes it is the fault of others. Overall, taking responsibility is one of the first steps towards fixing disruption. Take responsibility for how your action, or lack of it, resulted in the disruption and look for a solution to the problem.

Remember to focus inward first

At times the solution to life's disruption is inside not outside. Hence, you have to look within yourself and ask the question: Can I solve this problem myself without doing anything else? Depending on what your answer is, you then proceed with caution to use other mediums. 

Make a strategic plan for how to solve the disruption

if your escape plan does not work, you should have a backup plan for handling the disruption. In all honesty, this is quite difficult to do, because you have to anticipate what would happen if the first course of action to handle the disruption fails. Then after you implement your backup.

Be grateful for what you have

Sometimes being grateful for what you have can give you the strength to face other disruptions. Just noting down things to be grateful for can help give you an understanding of what it means to live without disruption so that when the disruption then comes, you can face it head-on without hesitation.

Remember to get enough rest and exercise

 Getting enough rest and exercise could improve things a whole lot. You could go from being tired and helpless to being full of energy and rigor. This would fill you with the desire to face disruptions and conquer them.

Finally, someone once wrote that escaping a problem or running from it only increases the distance from the solution. Always remember to face life disruptions head-on. Rely on people if you have to, take a break if you have to but face it head-on. 

Riddle of the day: Which five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?

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