Windy Day in Pooh Corner
Or should I say it's been a blustery day. The wind is blowing and leaves are flying. The temperatures are dropping and I can smell snow just around the corner.
How do you define contentment?
The kids and I took lunch over to Amy's house today. She said I looked happy for the first time in years. She's right - I feel happy. I love my new job, the end of the doctorate courses are in sight, the adjunct teaching is picking up....I am content with life.
I was challenged to think about mental roadblocks and how we all need to pay attention to the roadblocks we erect.
The first roadblock I have is "The mistaken belief that a successful life is one with roadblocks." Guilty - I still find myself thinking that if something comes easily that it means I didn't do it right or I "lucked out" and therefore it doesn't count as much.
The trap of security. Can we say 10 years in marriage hell and 10 years in work hell because I felt it was secure?
Being too scattered – idea avalanches. Yeah - I have a million ideas to make a million dollars and I struggle to focus on just 5.
Procrastination. I will answer this one later.
Excuse making. I would answer this one but I am doing laundry.
If only syndrome. yeah, like if only I had lost weight or or or
Questions to Ponder Regarding Roadblocks
What roadblock do I struggle with most? Wanting to do everything right now (over committment) and feeling frustrated because of lack of movement beyond the thinking stage or initial doing stage - not accepting that I can't squeeze 60 hours into a 24 hour day.
What other roadblocks have I created? Pushing myself harder than I should. Making it all a struggle.
The price I pay for this roadblock is? burnout? Exhaustion?
The price the world pay for this roadblock is? less of me to go around in a quality manner
My plan to eliminate my roadblock(s) is...? slow down and be more deliberate
What are your roadblocks?
How do you define contentment?
The kids and I took lunch over to Amy's house today. She said I looked happy for the first time in years. She's right - I feel happy. I love my new job, the end of the doctorate courses are in sight, the adjunct teaching is picking up....I am content with life.
I was challenged to think about mental roadblocks and how we all need to pay attention to the roadblocks we erect.
The first roadblock I have is "The mistaken belief that a successful life is one with roadblocks." Guilty - I still find myself thinking that if something comes easily that it means I didn't do it right or I "lucked out" and therefore it doesn't count as much.
The trap of security. Can we say 10 years in marriage hell and 10 years in work hell because I felt it was secure?
Being too scattered – idea avalanches. Yeah - I have a million ideas to make a million dollars and I struggle to focus on just 5.
Procrastination. I will answer this one later.
Excuse making. I would answer this one but I am doing laundry.
If only syndrome. yeah, like if only I had lost weight or or or
Questions to Ponder Regarding Roadblocks
What roadblock do I struggle with most? Wanting to do everything right now (over committment) and feeling frustrated because of lack of movement beyond the thinking stage or initial doing stage - not accepting that I can't squeeze 60 hours into a 24 hour day.
What other roadblocks have I created? Pushing myself harder than I should. Making it all a struggle.
The price I pay for this roadblock is? burnout? Exhaustion?
The price the world pay for this roadblock is? less of me to go around in a quality manner
My plan to eliminate my roadblock(s) is...? slow down and be more deliberate
What are your roadblocks?
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