Looove this take. I was thinking more about it, and the shoulda woulda coulda thinking is what really trips me up. I think we have to learn to trust our behaviors and choices in the moment. They are motivated by how we feel, and being like I SHOULD have done something different with this pandemic isn’t going to help us move forward. It’s going to force us into a Netflix binge even more. So instead of that, thinking about things in terms of I CAN. Like I can start getting out more, I’m looking forward to making a pie, all that bullshit actually helps. The verbiage of it. anyway, happy to be your comrade in anxiety, thanks for being mine. Now I just gotta figure out how to take my own advice
Looove this take. I was thinking more about it, and the shoulda woulda coulda thinking is what really trips me up. I think we have to learn to trust our behaviors and choices in the moment. They are motivated by how we feel, and being like I SHOULD have done something different with this pandemic isn’t going to help us move forward. It’s going to force us into a Netflix binge even more. So instead of that, thinking about things in terms of I CAN. Like I can start getting out more, I’m looking forward to making a pie, all that bullshit actually helps. The verbiage of it. anyway, happy to be your comrade in anxiety, thanks for being mine. Now I just gotta figure out how to take my own advice
Great, Vanessa. I hope you apply this on your self too, you are being gentle, kind, and optimistic!
Little wins are BIG. Sensing that we're not going nuts all on our own is encouraging. The actual contemplating makes us sane.