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cyan_blue ([personal profile] cyan_blue) wrote2010-04-26 01:04 pm

Stopping the 'shoulds'


So I'm in the midst of a week off from work, which I've set aside to catch up on a myriad of projects and small tasks.

I'd been feeling a lot of avoidance and procrastination around the largest of the projects. Today it occurred to me that while it would be nice to have those particular projects finished, they aren't really necessities for the time being. I'd been 'should'ing myself around them, thinking that I needed to get those things done in order to justify taking a whole "Projects Week" away from work.

Given that revelation, I can now free up that emotional energy (and time) towards other tasks and projects, ones that will be more self-nourishing and fun.

*Whew*

[identity profile] oakdragon.livejournal.com 2010-04-26 08:23 pm (UTC)(link)
The best of luck in learning to not should on yourself. ;-)