Making Phone Calls

I have convinced myself, for as long as I can remember, that calling people on the phone is a form of BOTHERING them, interupting what they were doing, interfering in their life. I HATE HATE HATE calling people on the phone. I think it's because most phone calls I get I feel are an interuption of my life, persons asking me to do things I don't wish to do, to better their life, an imposition (a favor) even listening to them is an imposition, getting up to answer the phone is a hassell (jumping over numerous dogs in the way). Some calls (sales calls) get me so FURIOUS that they effect my behavior for days - that someone would interupt my privacy and what I was doing to listen to their sales speach. (Don't get me started on ones who come to the door - tresspass on my property) Needless to say I basically stopped answering my phone to stay in a good mood and avoid being asked to do favors I did not want to go out of my way to do.

My hesantancy to make phone calls and bother the person on the other end effects my daily routine as I don't want to make phone calls for any reason including to order supplies at work, return calls to clients, make doctor appointments, call personal friends - I hardley ever even call my boyfriend ............ even rarer to call my parents ......... I obcess over the NEED to make a call for hours or days and usually avoid it untill absolutely necessary, sometimes all together.

Well, this week I put the phone calls on my to do list and I can't believe how many of them got done and how easy it was!!!! No ifs ands or buts, just do it, it's on the list!!! It was almost too simple  :o)

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