Cutting people off

They say an idle mind is a devil's workshop..trust me when I say that quote is very true. For the past few days I've been at home doing nothing, and seeing how I'm mostly indoors, I have nothing but my thoughts to keep me company.

In this past few days, I've won an Emmy award for best actor, also won a Grammy for best musician, given lots of speeches with different accents and have received so many other accolades, all thanks to my very creative and wild imagination, and what's crazy is that I enjoy it. Those crazy thoughts help me pass time and before I know it, it's night time and time for bed.

But you see, unlike other days where I get to create some amazing fantasies in my head that are enjoyable to live in, I've found myself lately thinking about real life stuff. The other day I wrote about how I had randomly remembered my mom and how I always avoided having family time with the rest of my family because I was always trying to avoid getting into trouble with my dad who is a disciplinarian and would punish us for almost every little mistake we make.

Well today, it happened again but this time, I wasn't thinking about family but my friends. You see, I've come to find out that I'm the kind of guy who would cut you off the moment you display a character that I feel is cunning and dangerous, rather than stick around and try to change you. Don't get me wrong, I try to help my friends in some situations, but there are certain things people would do either directly to me or to someone else that I would see and immediately walk away from that person because I know that is a red flag, one that I don't need in my life.

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A good example was the story I wrote here a while back about a guy who bought a generator from my friend but refused to pay up the balance after the time given to him had elapsed. Ever since that happened, I've refused speaking to that guy because the character he exhibited that day was one of greed that shows how quickly someone like him would throw you under the bus if given the opportunity.

Now I don't regret my decision and I feel the only reason I'm thinking about it is because I have nothing better to do. But just for the sake of conversations, do you guys feel my method of cutting people off my life the moment they behave in ways that I feel could be harmful to me in the future is bad or you feel it's the right thing to do?

As for me, I feel it's the best thing to do. The same applies to when someone disrespects me, I tend to give them space and just not be friends with them anymore because I believe that you can't disrespectful to me if we don't talk anymore. To me, that is the faster and most efficient way of you respecting yourself and not feeling disrespected anymore.