math steps...

my brother is all math, 
he is all hard numbers, 
so when i ask him how to remove the scars left by someone else, 
he says go get a pen

my brother's steps to getting over it:
1. change your ringtone for everyone.
2. cut your hair or start wearing it differently.
3. get a friend to do simple chores with you a couple of weeks because it will re path the sensory inputs in your brain and you will no longer associate downtime with him.
4. change is imperative. stagnation means death.
5. replace him, but not with another man. replace him with a new hobby, with a book, with a blog. fill up the time with something 100% not tainted by him. 

my brother says that we miss people because we keep them in our brains like bad habits, he says that 21 days of not thinking of him, you wont even realize that you  have forgotten.

he says the catalyst of all of this is just letting time take its toll and being patient.

rid.