I don’t know if it’s really a phrase or not, but a thing I say a lot is, “I’m not that fussed about it.”
I think I say this so often for a few reasons.
For starters, I’m not a perfectionist, which means that I am often not too fussed about the details of things.
Close enough is good enough, progress is better than perfection, effort put in counts more than results, and so on.
For instance, if one of my kids says, “Hey, I did my math pages in the wrong order. Sorry about that.”, I’d probably say, “Oh, that’s fine. I’m not that fussed about it as long as it gets done.”
Or if someone said, “You know, you could make faster progress toward an ideal body if you tracked your macros/worked out 5 days per week.”, I’d probably respond with an, “Oh, I’m not that fussed about it. I’m getting fitter than I was before, and I’m not trying to have an ideal body.”
So, first, I’m not a perfectionist.
Secondly, although there are exceptions, I’m fairly easy-going.
For instance, if I am with a group, I usually just don’t care that much where we go or when we leave or when we break for lunch.
And in these cases, it’s not even that I’m erasing myself…it’s just that I seriously do not care.
And that’s why I say I’m not fussed about it. 😉
Not a phrase, but I once realized that I use the word “gross” way more than your average person. And that is solely because my life seems to feature way more gross things and situations than your average person. Country life with little kids tends to result in a lot of grossness. 🙂
That’s just a very short phrase. 😉
That isn’t a phrase we use in my part of the country, but I do say “it’s no big deal”, which is practically the same thing. When my oldest was a toddler, he said “it’s a little deal”.
Aww, that’s so cute!
My phrase is:
It is, what it is
However I do occasionally overemphasise it to make myself laugh as
It eeeeeez, what it eeeeeez
The Spanish colleague I stole the saying off would also accompany it with a continental shrug of his shoulders 😂😂😂
I say, “It’s only temporary” (also the name of my blog!), all the time, but that’s because everything IS temporary – the fussy toddler, the snarky teenager, the miserable job, and now the pandemic! One of my friends stole it when she had kids. She said it helped her get through the rough spots.
That is such a good thing to remember. It helps the hard things to feel more manageable.
And it also helps me appreciate the good things in life too…those can be fleeting as well, so it’s helpful to remember that the baby snuggles are temporary because then you notice and appreciate them more!