Q: Are there a lot of drama queens in your life? If so, you may be attracting drama in some way. Reflect on your past and present relationships with dramatic people and honestly assess whether you tend to draw the drama in, intentionally or not. Think about what you get out of a relationship with a dramatic person. Do you feel better about yourself when compared to a drama queen? Do you get bored easily and crave the thrill of drama? Think about other ways you could fill the needs a drama queen fills. For example, if you feel bored with life, try taking up a new hobby or joining a club. If interacting with a drama queen is unavoidable, give yourself a break afterwards. Find something to do to recharge after interacting with a drama queen. For example, listen to your favorite song on your headphones on your commute home if you had to deal with a dramatic co-worker. If you work with a drama queen, you will need to spend time with supportive people. Seek out friends, family members, and co-workers who tend to be more supportive and loving. Make a point of interacting with these people more, especially after spending time with a drama queen. For example, if you work with a drama queen, try to have lunch with a pleasant co-worker to compensate. If someone keeps violating your boundaries, distance yourself. Stop returning texts and phone calls. Lessen social interactions. If someone is genuinely depleting you with their drama, it's okay to walk away.
A: Confront your investment in drama. Take time to replenish yourself. Spend time with supportive people. Distance yourself if necessary.

Q: After your grill has been heated, turn off two of the burners to create an area of indirect heat. Using a rack to hold your sausages will allow for an even cook throughout by removing them from direct heat. If your grill has a top and bottom rack built in, using the top rack will work just fine. If you do not have a wire or top wrack use a foot of tin foil to create your own. Scrunch a foot of aluminum foil together to make a rope. Round the foil so that it turns into an S-shape and place the sausages on top. Flip the sausages halfway through their cook time. This will allow for even browning on both sides of your sausages and balanced internal temperature. Once they have reached 160F (71C), place the sausages over direct heat to brown the casing for 3 minutes. Flip the sausages over and allow the other side to brown for another 1 to 3 minutes. It is not required to brown them for an extra 3 minutes. As long as they are fully cooked in the center, they are good to go! If they do not reach 160F (71C), close the grill lid and cook them for another 5 minutes before testing again.
A: Preheat the grill to medium heat for 10 to 15 minutes. Place the sausages on a wire rack over the area of indirect heat. Cook the sausages on the grill for 15 minutes with the lid closed. Use a meat thermometer to ensure that the middle temperature is at least 160F (71C).

Q: Unless you are an immediate participant in a personal situation, it's best to mind your business by not getting yourself directly involved. Even if you are indirectly affected by an issue, that does not mean that it's about you or gives you the right to intervene. A useful exercise for gaining perspective on a situation is making a ring chart to analyze your relationship to it. Start by drawing a circle and writing those who are directly involved in the situation in the center. Then, draw another ring for those people who are most affected by the issue. Keep drawing outer circles like ripples for each level of people affected, and see where you fall on the chart. For example, if you're thinking about a friend's breakup, the couple would go in the center. Their family would come next, and friends like you would come third. Seeing this visually can help you recognize that, though you're affected, it's still not your drama to sort out. The best thing you can do is to support those who are more directly involved. Keep in mind that this is not to say that you should not get involved with social issues, like poverty or children's health, that don't affect you directly. However, you should be sensitive to work with those people who the issue at hand does directly affect if you do. Recognize that everyone has a right to privacy and that each person is in charge of their own lives. Don't expect people to share personal information or try to exert control over how others use their time or resources. One good way of respecting boundaries is being careful not to overstep your relationship with a person. For instance, if you're dealing with someone who is a co-worker or client, be sure to keep your interactions professional. If you're not a child's parent, it's not a good idea to try and discipline them. Another important element of respecting boundaries is accepting other people's right to their own values, beliefs, and opinions. While you may disagree with them, it's often best to mind your business rather than trying to interfere with others' belief systems. Step back when people communicate directly or indirectly that you should do so. Respect others when they tell you that something is not your business and/or change the subject. Even when they don't explicitly tell you to butt out, be aware of what their body language is saying. For instance, if people are avoiding eye contact, angling away from you, or crossing their arms as you speak, they're probably silently asking for you not to interrupt or intervene. Minding your own business does not mean being a bystander when you encounter a situation that's potentially dangerous. If you see someone engaging in a high-risk behavior that is illegal, physically destructive, and/or potentially harmful to themselves or others, it's responsible to intervene, especially if no one else is. For example, if you see two people getting into an altercation, it's time to call the police, not to mind your own business. If a person is drunk and planning on driving, it's fine to intervene and take their keys since they have great potential to do harm to themselves and others.
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Recognize if an issue directly concerns you or not. Respect boundaries. Pay attention to cues. Assess the risk involved in a situation.