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Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff | Cory Hodgers | TEDxYouth@Columbus


have you ever had someone in your life
ruined something you’ve cherished
was it something that you loved and
enjoyed was it something that you spend
your time on heavily it wasn’t something
that took days weeks months or even
years of dedication only to have it gone
well this happened to me just a few
months ago no we all have something that
we love or dedicate time to and for me
it’s Legos ever since I was 5 I’ve grown
a love for the toy I’ve collected many
sets and have plans to collect even more
and I’ve even made my own custom builds
and trust me when I say the stuff I
build takes a lot of time now my brother
enters the scene my two-year-old and
very destructive brother I remember one
time when my dad and I went out to buy a
couple of things and my brother went
into my room and was free to do whatever
he pleased he was throwing sets on the
ground like it was nothing and
destroying them left and right and when
I got back into my room I had realized
that he destroyed a Star Wars set and a
custom Lego storm Mach at first I was
really angry but within a span of a
couple of hours everything was rebuilt
and I had been surround the small stuff
but even though I didn’t get everything
fixed the first time it was not that
easy the second this time my brother had
destroyed everything he was thrown
stuffed in the ground destroying them
left and right
destroying the pieces brick by brick and
when I opened the door I’d seen the
aftermath of his destruction this time
every set I had was totaled not only
were the Star Wars set and the custom
Lego store MOC terminated again but also
gone were multiple Lego vehicles a
Clayface bullet from Lego Batman 2
official Lego houses and a custom house
said are all my accessories and
minifigures in it and trust me when I
I was really angry at the time
especially considering the fact that
most of what I to rebuild these sets
were the instructions but at that point
in time most of the instructions were
gone but after about a week something
hit me I could just rebuild all the
stuff that my brother had destroyed I
had been making such a big deal out of
broken bricks and I’ve been upset over
rebuildable toys so instead of being
angry
I had rebuilt the custom stuff which
looks even better than the ones my
brother had destroyed and all the
official sets were rebuilt the thing I
had been doing was sweating the small
stuff from what I’ve learned the
difference between a big problem and a
small problem is that a big problem
couldn’t have a really big impact on a
person and a small problem will not have
that same impact but if you have
problems you’ll get stressed and if you
don’t and if you just keep getting
stressed then the stress can keep
building up and eventually it will it
can affect your body and your health
I’ve chosen not just what the small
stuff because my brother is more
important than some pieces of plastic
now my brother can be destructive but I
love him he may have destroyed many of
my sets but people make mistakes
I’m sure someone in your life has done
something to you like this but instead
of being angry try and fix the problem
trust me from experience things will not
be better if you just stay angry all the
time but if you are stressed about a
problem here’s some ways to deal with it
according to WebMD calm one way to do
stress is to exercise exercising
regularly can relax your mind and your
body another way to deal with stress is
to focus on a hobby for a little while
but if you want more tips on how to deal
with stress just go to WebMD calm within
the ends if you are stressing about
something small ask yourself these two
questions
well matter in a year from now and what’s more important objects or people
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