Spilled the drink. Wipe it, pour another. Don’t hold a funeral for a cup.

Small mistakes get treated like large ones because of what happens afterward. The spill takes ten seconds to clean. The commentary about being clumsy, the replaying, the mood it sets for the rest of the afternoon, that is where the time actually goes. Size of problem and size of reaction come apart easily, especially when you are already tired.

Try matching your response to the real repair cost this week. Ten second problem, ten second response. Save the long processing for the things that genuinely deserve it, since you only have so much of it.