I was at home, posting on Lemmy.

Or even talking about shit like this? Musk is living rent free in a lot of people’s heads. The way to make him irrelevant is to treat him as such. Making a fuss about everything he says, gives him undue importance.

Talk about yourself (or to yourself) in the second or third person in your mind. We’re usually far more critical of our own actions than we would be good a friend. We would never be negative to a friend in such an unkind way, as we are to ourselves. A change in language to the third person for you inner dialogue prompts you to take an external observer’s point of view and to talk to yourself in the way you would talk to others.

If you’re into podcasts, then 2 podcasts that are great for learning about things like this are Happiness Lab and Hidden Brain.