There have been several moments where you have stared at him in awe at your workplace.

These moments have been reciprocated with him staring back at you.

At several points in time, you thought that he was about to make a move on you.

He didn’t.

You are frustrated.

Sending signals of romantic interest to your workplace crush gets tiring.

For what it’s worth, you are done.

You want to get over him.

It’s natural to be exasperated after a sustained period of time where you waited for your workplace crush to make a move on you to no avail.

Whenever you go to work these days, you are dreading seeing him.

There is anxiety that you get caught up in the moment and lose yourself upon seeing him.

And all for what?

You anticipate him doing absolutely nothing about his supposed interest in you.

Yet again, you are stuck in a moment wondering why he doesn’t come over and talk to you on his own volition or ask you out.

Getting over a workplace crush requires an acceptance that there is no romantic potential.

Holding on to the idea that there is romantic potential is what keeps you repeatedly looking at him when you are at work, expecting him to lock eyes with you and magically make a move on you.

Once you succumb to this, you are stuck in the moment yet again, struggling to get his image out of your head.

This has to stop.

An acceptance that there is no romantic potential is the first step to getting over a workplace crush.

It keeps you from the temptation of looking up whenever you sense him in the vicinity as he is standing askew or across from your desk.

Instead of looking up, you are focused on your job.

This keeps your mind preoccupied with the work tasks at hand.

A mind that is consumed with work tasks is less likely to become distracted by what is happening about you.

Which means, you aren’t looking up when you detect that he is close, or when you have an overwhelming urge to see where he is, and whether he is looking at you.

Avoid going to lunch at the same time as he does.

There is a risk that you bump into him in a hallway or elevator as you are headed out to lunch, or that he is sitting in the lunchroom as you eat your homemade sandwich.

These scenarios put him in too close of a proximity to you, making it harder to avoid him.

By avoiding lunch at the same time, you reduce the risk of bumping into him, which saves you from seeing him in close proximity or having to talk to him.

Once you get used to this change, you won’t get caught up on him as much.

Instead of bumping into him in the hallway and wondering whether the smile he gave you was a sign of romantic interest, your mind is preoccupied with other thoughts.

Having not bumped into him, your mind is more so intent on where you are headed for lunch than anything else.

When you consistently practice keeping your workplace crush out of mind and out of sight, you get over him over time.