Posted by Racer on February 1, 2004, at 21:09:02
In reply to Re: No, Was is UnBecoming » Racer, posted by noa on February 1, 2004, at 16:57:38
> Racer,
>
> The list would make me very anxious right now. I know the list in my head, too.
>
Hm... See, for me, the anxiety goes down when it's not a mental list any more. Once it's on paper, and it can be counted somehow, it gets a little easier. Of course, I've had to learn to make Really Small Chunks on my list: never something as nebulous as "Clean guest room," it has to be separate steps of what makes up the concept of cleaning the guest room. One step for stripping the bed, another for washing the sheets, another for making the bed, another for vacuuming, etc. Too nebulous raises anxiety, specific ten minute tasks help relieve it. And having it in my head always leads me to start into one of those spinning things: I gotta do this, and this, and this, and the first this again, and this other, etc. Pretty soon, I'm so overwhelmed, I can't do any of it.So what's the damn good book, already???
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