HOW do you cope when caught in a traffic jam? From what I have gathered, how you deal with it reflects your personality or age.
At a younger age, most of us easily get into road rage, and if this happened at the start of the day, your whole day is somehow ruined. However, as you grow wiser through the years, you learn to manage.
I have two friends (one from Luzon and the other from Visayas) who do concerts to entertain themselves while driving. They sing their hearts out. I even caught the bug myself. I also do solo performances, belting out songs by
Harry, Adele, Matchbox, Ed, or whatever suits my fancy. Unmindful of the fact that I am visible from the outside.
Most people listen to music as their way of getting through the traffic madness. Some listen to programs on podcasts or leadership training courses on LinkedIn.
For people on the go who wouldn't want to waste a minute of their time, they cope by calling a meeting with the staff or a client. One guilty person here. I also call a colleague, a client if it's not that early, a friend, or cousins for the latest family tidbits.
What intrigued me was this revelation of a colleague who has conversations with himself while driving. He shared, there are times when he does make-believe interviews, with him as both the interviewer and the interviewee. This is clever and creative.
Talking to myself is not something foreign. In my first job, it prompted my boss to ask someone at work if I was alright when he saw me talking to myself in front of the computer. I do that when accomplishing reports or analyzing figures that seem to dance in a frenzy. To this day, most of my teammates do this, which got me thinking, it must be a requirement in our team.
I haven't done this, nor have I interviewed myself, to survive the traffic jam. I better try it. I might learn a thing or two about myself.
Some prefer complete silence. Perhaps, these people prefer to hear those voices inside their heads arguing, which by the way, feels satisfying. In reality, these voices are our thoughts, our ideas.
Ergo, driving alone paves the way for one's alter ego to surface. It somehow gives you a sense of privacy to let go.
