1. You don’t have to explain yourself to anybody. Just give a short reply like ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to the question asked and forget about giving reasons. Nobody is really interested in your reasons. They are just waiting for you to finish so they can tell you their own which will in no way be affected by your reasons.
2. Don’t cross the bridge till you get there. Stop imagining, stop letting the thoughts and worries of tomorrow steal your today. At the long run, you will see that things always get better than you imagined.
3. Stop escalating. Don’t blow things out of proportion. Just for one little thing someone said, don’t go and start thinking the rest through, adding what you feel the person thought or imagined. People squabble and move on, don’t go thinking and planning what to say to the person next or how the person is feeling about you now. Just drop it and move on.
4. Stop forcing your opinion on others. You think you know more than the other person and should be listened to? The person thinks the same too. Say what needs to be said without aggression and pressure and learn to listen and not say more.

Food for thought