I took the quiz from that book -- boy that was depressing. It showed that I had a habit of explaining all good things as temporary, specific, and external, while bad things as permanent, pervasive, and personal. I'm…
Please do be blunt! I'm more than willing to have my feelings hurt to learn something that may be helpful here. That said, I did give a very long and audible sigh when reading your post. It feels like a cop out, but…
Maybe I didn't say so explicitly, but it should be clear that I suffer from a lack of motivation and direction, and really have a lack of faith in myself.
Definitely working on that Internet addiction. HN is so much tougher to give up than other sites though! One side-benefit of the absurd working hours I put in over the years was that it took away all my time and broke…
Hmmm... you've just reminded me that I ought to be drinking more milk...
if you find yourself thinking about anything, stop, and look up at the clouds till you recover I'll definitely have to try that more often! (Though there's a good chance it'll be stars rather than clouds...)
I appreciate your suggestion, though I think I'm in deeper trouble than that. Mindless physical work like gardening seems to free up cycles for me to ruminate, which I have to actively suppress (à la "He took a duck in…
That's kind of scary. How would I know that I'm not setting myself up for failure by putting up an impossible goal like that?
I took the quiz from that book -- boy that was depressing. It showed that I had a habit of explaining all good things as temporary, specific, and external, while bad things as permanent, pervasive, and personal. I'm…
Please do be blunt! I'm more than willing to have my feelings hurt to learn something that may be helpful here. That said, I did give a very long and audible sigh when reading your post. It feels like a cop out, but…
Maybe I didn't say so explicitly, but it should be clear that I suffer from a lack of motivation and direction, and really have a lack of faith in myself.
Definitely working on that Internet addiction. HN is so much tougher to give up than other sites though! One side-benefit of the absurd working hours I put in over the years was that it took away all my time and broke…
Hmmm... you've just reminded me that I ought to be drinking more milk...
if you find yourself thinking about anything, stop, and look up at the clouds till you recover I'll definitely have to try that more often! (Though there's a good chance it'll be stars rather than clouds...)
I appreciate your suggestion, though I think I'm in deeper trouble than that. Mindless physical work like gardening seems to free up cycles for me to ruminate, which I have to actively suppress (à la "He took a duck in…
That's kind of scary. How would I know that I'm not setting myself up for failure by putting up an impossible goal like that?