Execupundit Finds Increasing "Zones of Indifference"

My Zone of Indifference is Growing. Business consultant and deep thinker, Michael Wade, today touches on a great life hack that he has been teaching his students over the years: creating a zone of indiffernce into which certain people and subjects can be placed. As a fellow Stoic, I too have adopted this technique, which has calmed me in stressful times, by placing people and events which are painful or difficult into a place in which they are permitted to reside outside of my head. The death of a spouse or other significant person in our lives occupies a special "preferred indifferent', in which our reaction to tragedy becomes one of the expected things that come into every life. Dwelling on the event or person only harms us, and by reacting with "indifference" we can go on living happy lives. It is not the normal concept of indifference, which implies a lack of care. It merely means that our lives are better lived if we don't indulge ourselves in grief, anger or other useless emotions. Indeed, it is wasteful of our happy lives to contemplate something that doesn't enrich our life, and that is not within our control. And, I agree, Michael, there are many more people these days who deserve to be relegated to the "Zone".