Step back

Sometimes we are in a situation where we have to listen to, or work with, or be in the same room with someone you don't enjoy. It's either the chemistry is wrong or you guys just don't see things eye to eye. What do you do in that situation? I tend to stick with what make sense and ignore or filter out what does not. I would not like to compromise what I already know and believe in that's working well for me. I don't like people to sell me ideas or suggestions that I did not ask for in the first place. Does that make me a stubborn person? I like to think we are old enough to make decisions on our own and be accountable of the choices we made. But that in the end proves to create a lot of frictions and of course unhappiness.
Look at this picture. If we look at it by zooming in and in, all we see is a tangled mess. If we are willing to learn to step back a little, we will notice it's actually a wired Christmas tree with lights and it can actually look pretty. So the key is to step back and zoom out a little in time you feel you are in a tangled position.

Anyway, another way is to put your focus on something or, somewhere else. Like my goal this year is to do more active stock trading.

Saw this movie last night while working on my laptop:
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素顔の私を見つめて (Saving Face - 2004)
I am not sure if I like this movie or not. It's a simple story with a few interesting scenes. It turns out the guy at the train station in the movie was my husband's dormmate at UC Berkeley. Would I recommend this movie? Sure, something to watch at home.