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This is Optimal Living Daily. Don't make a thing out of it by David Kane of Raptor.com.

And I'm Justin Mollick, your host and narrator.

And now let's get right to it as we optimize her life.

Don't Make a Thing Out of It by David Kane of Raptitude.com.

One of my favorite articles in The Onion shows a picture of a man dressed up to leave for work

with his hand on the doorknob and his ear against the door. The headline reads,

Exit from apartment delayed by 20 seconds to avoid pleasantries with neighbor. It made me laugh

because I know I've done exactly that many times.

The article has been shared 30,000 times on Facebook, so apparently it's a thing for many people, too.

Now that I think about it, my neighbors have probably done the same thing to me.

What's interesting is that I never really decided to do that. I never consciously thought about

avoiding pleasantries with the neighbors. I just got into the habit of slowing down if I heard

shuffling outside, sometimes hesitating at the door until it goes away. After seeing this

Onion article, whenever I noticed that neurotic impulse to avoid the neighbors,

I feel silly and just go whenever I'm done getting ready. Somehow I had made a thing out of having

hallway interactions with the neighbors. Because I apparently spent the last two years avoiding my

neighbors, there isn't much to these pleasantries when they do happen. I don't really

know these people, so there's nothing to catch up on. I just give them a genuine good morning and go.

I feel like I've solved a problem that never should have been a problem. Shrinking Your World

Now that it's summer, I go for a bike ride almost every evening. I live in a

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