Nobody cared but me…

My flight just landed and I had no idea that my connection took off in an hour. I went from thinking I had over an hour and a half between flights to 30 minutes to make it to my next flight.

[Sidebar: you have to know I cannot manage time zones ]

I was talking to the sweet women in my row about the dilemma as we waited for the plane to deboard and they told me to just “stand up and go.”

I froze.

Not only am I not one to break the rules, but I’m also the person who internally combusts when people don’t follow the exit order...

They’re telling me over and over again to just “go” and even the man across the aisle started chiming in out of support. But I’m still standing there, frozen.

The problem was that I had no idea how far our gate was from my next gate and if it wasn’t close, I’d be pulling a McCallister family airport dash.

So I did the unthinkable…I exited the aircraft.

Horrified and publicly announcing the reason for my very premature exit to every row I passed…

I get off the plane, head to my next gate, and arrive promptly at C63 in less than 10 minutes. 

And there I stood.
Early.
Emotionally eating my Cheese-Its.

Doing parameter checks like I worked for airport security hoping and praying nobody from my last flight saw me just standing there with time to spare. And as I scanned the area looking like the main character of a show called paranoia, I realized something:

The amount of energy I had spent panicking, overthinking, and managing the imagined fallout of this situation was absolutely ridiculous.

Nobody cared.
Nobody was offended.
Nobody was hunting me down in terminal C because I exited row 18 too early. 

The entire emotional spiral was created by yours truly.

And I have to wonder how often we’re doing this in other areas of our lives too.

How much energy are we spending trying not to inconvenience anyone?

How many decisions are delayed because we’re playing out imaginary consequences?

How much time are we losing overthinking things that never even happen?

Because sometimes the thing holding us hostage isn’t the situation...It’s the amount of energy we’re giving it.

I hope my travel faux pas provides you a lighthearted reminder today that most of the time...it’s not that serious.

Where can you redirect your energy, focus, and time today? Share yours with me or someone else cheering you on.

Big hugs & so much love,

Cassy

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