tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247890905999636681.post7934320775958158047..comments2023-03-26T03:57:07.689-04:00Comments on How Do You Eat an Elephant?: Postcards from the Road, Day 4: Now it's time to get serious for a minuteThe Original MAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03060985273492566149noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247890905999636681.post-55931225132390754032008-12-26T10:29:00.000-05:002008-12-26T10:29:00.000-05:00I agree whole heartedly with Jaime. The beauty of...I agree whole heartedly with Jaime. The beauty of living starts from inside of you. You don't suck it in from the outside. The simple life is a WORTHY GOAL. I've been living the life of a moron (that's a good thing!) for twenty years. Can't touch this :-)Weshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11399853707178925175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247890905999636681.post-23840038668113992202008-12-24T12:59:00.000-05:002008-12-24T12:59:00.000-05:00Something my therapist and I are working on recent...Something my therapist and I are working on recently -- which has been a challenge for me because it is so far afield from my usual m.o. -- is to stop defining myself based on what I *do*. <BR/><BR/>I get up every day and define the day as a success based on my completed tasks, issues solved, groceries purchased, meals made, training done, etc. So if a day occurs that is ABSOLUTELY NORMAL, but just doesn't include lots of tasks, I find it hard to not feel that reflect on me personally. <BR/><BR/>She tells me it's pretty darn unhealthy and dragging me down a huge amount. We work now on detatching my self-worth from the things I do and, instead, finding my inherant qualities that make me valuable and worthy. A lot of it forces me to pare away the over do-ing and keep life simple.<BR/><BR/>I has helped. It take discipline to do all the time. But it has helped. Enormously.Joy | Love | Chaoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976555367096513196noreply@blogger.com