Death by a Thousand Cuts

Lately, I feel as if I'm slowly bleeding to death from a thousand cuts. There have been miscellaneous annoying things and requests which have been taking up time, energy and mental space unproductively. This has led to frustration and unhappiness.

Henceforth, I shall develop a polite way to deflect such annoyances, so that I can focus on the more important things in life.

http://www.quora.com/Etiquette/How-do-you-politely-turn-down-someone-who-wants-to-grab-coffee-sometime

http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2010/05/17/learning-to-say-no-to-meetings/

I'm awfully sorry, but I need time to focus on learning and working on getting more sources of revenues into our startup, if it is ever to develop beyond its current embryonic stage.

Whenever I feel like this, I take a deep breath and go back to the basics of what makes me happy - learning from my mentors, working hard on something difficult to concentrate, getting some real work done, reading something mind-expanding, exercising, spending time with important people and finding my personal meditation spot on the Himalayans.