nama Posted August 30, 2008 Posted August 30, 2008 i'm 27 and i feel as though my life is just drifting away! I procrastinate on almost everything and i bury my head in the sand. Instead of working my way through problems or things i need to do i just do something else - anything for me to forget what i need to do. When i have no choice but to think about the issue i then make rash decisions. What i have learnt is that i do this through fear of failure, i don't think i can do it so i don't. I'm not stupid, in fact i know i have brains and have been told many many times that i am an intelligent woman. I have great ambitions and plans but i have this voice in my head that tells me i can't do it or don't bother. Or simply, its too much hard work. Please help.
stoopid_guy Posted August 31, 2008 Posted August 31, 2008 (Everyone interested in answering your post decided wait a while.) It is hard to get motivated sometimes. I have semi-completed projects that are years old. Think about your successes though. What have you successfully completed? How did you feel when it was done? Think about your failures. Were they really that bad? And whether an undertaking is a success or failure, wouldn't it be better to just get it over with and move on? We also frequently have dreams for the sake of having them. The dream itself is the reward. Once we succeed (or fail) we've lost that dream. The problem is that that dream becomes a rut that's hard to get out of, but we need to get out of it so we can move on to the next one.
Author nama Posted August 31, 2008 Author Posted August 31, 2008 How do you get past that critical voice in your head?
stoopid_guy Posted August 31, 2008 Posted August 31, 2008 How do you get past that critical voice in your head? What does it know? Is it always right? Is it any more intelligent than the voice telling you to try new things, or the voice that says "WOO-HOO!" When you succeed?
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