[kreg]

I've sort of rediscovered this stuff and it's such a helpful thing to keep in your head from day to day. Type it in and you usually come up with ten most common distortions. One that seems to often recur to me is uh....well where does it fit in? maybe awfullizing or magnification or all or none thinking? Anyway for me it's the concept of perfectionism, feeling you should or must be a certain way. Like today I was thinking I should prioritize my goals so that I use my time most efficiently. So I said my word for today is PRIORITIZE. Then right away thanks to my frequent reading on cognitive distortions, rational thinking, etc. I said to myself 'now don't feel you have to be perfect in this prioritizing.' If I can get 85% of it right that will be pretty good. So not too much napping or TV watching.

So....I invite any of you here to think about how often you feel guilty for not performing up some quite high standard you feel you should be at. Isn't that unrealistic? Aren't we all imperfect beings? Doesn't that invite stress? It's called feeling you should or you must be a certain way, shoulding on yourself or musterbating. Procrastinating? Once you relieve some of that tension and understand procrastination is a normal thing it becomes easier to overcome. Maybe you can reach that high standard but give yourself time to mature and allow for unforeseen tripups along the way.

[Skeezyks]

Hello kreg: Thanks for posting these wise words. We would all do well to just give ourselves a break... to just lighten up... I appreciate your perspective!

[ManOfConstantSorrow]

I agree and find the same - yesterday was a day of anxiety, but a chart of unhelpful thinking on my phone and took some time to go through these and by afternoon I was back to a stable state.

[tearsinabottle]

We dont need to be perfect or need to get all done. Its ok to take a break or do the rest of task the next day or another day.

Its even ok to not do things at all.

[PumpkinPieHead]

Thanks for sharing, love.