Posted by mair on December 31, 2002, at 16:14:12
In reply to Re: Rant, posted by noa on December 31, 2002, at 10:10:24
I'm getting ready to leave my office and since I won't be here tomorrow and since our internet connection at home has become very unreliable, I wanted to respond to all of your thoughtful posts before I leave. I know the way I postured things is setting myself up for failure, and I know that I am my harshest critic. I just get overwelmed sometimes by the huge gap between the person I am and the person I want to be and pretty despairing about my chances of ever getting there.
All of your suggestions were good although I'm not sure I can buy into the stuff about writing a positive description of myself. My therapist assigned me the task some time ago of recording on a daily basis, positive things I had done that day and positive things I did as a child. I abandoned it when I discovered that on most days, I simply drew a blank on what to write.
Noa, it is truly wonderful to see you back here posting even though I suspect that you've returned because things are not going as well as you'd like. I really did like your suggestion of changing goals every month. I know alot of things I'd like to change are much more difficult to tackle than others - if I work a little methodically on the easier ones maybe I can feel some sense of accomplishment and progress. It's tough to arrange priorities though since everything looms large right now.
Stay safe everyone.
Mair
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