OY! I have waaaay toooo much to do. (I get to say OY, I come from Chicago and it’s better than swearing.) It occurs to me that there comes a point in time when my immediate todo list (as in must get done by yesterday) becomes so overwhelming that I freeze. We haven’t spent a lot of time describing learned helplessness and how to deal with it, but I think one of the things I do is decide that since I can’t get it done, I won’t try. So, here’s my three steps on how to deal with WAAAAY TOOOO much to do.
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“They” say you shouldn’t worry, whoever “they” are. I even have an old Ziggy cartoon in my office that says “Worry is like riding a roller coaster, it scares the heck out of you… and you always end up right where you started!” But do you? What started this train of thought was that I was “worrying” about how we are going to expand our readership on BouncebackCafe.com and I had a great idea. (No, I’m not going to tell you what it is. You’ll just have to wait and see if it pans out.) The point is that if I hadn’t been “worrying” about a way forward, my mind wouldn’t have had the opportunity to pop that idea up onto my internal screen. So, the key question seems to be “What is worry and when is it helpful?” This weekend I learned something very important about myself. Although I’m a tough broad, when I get discouraged, I back away from things that I can’t figure out. No doubt my friends and family could already tell you that, but I FINALLY got it this weekend. It came in the form of working on “the business.” Having officially launched our blog, Ellie and I now have to find ways to get lots more people to come read it. Because the internet is world wide – as in World Wide Web (www) – there is the potential to reach out to people throughout the English speaking world. Every time someone searches they get page after page of stuff, so the challenge is figuring out how to help people find us more easily. We’re still learning about how to reach the people who will care about what we have to say. OK – so you’re worried. Your last effort didn’t work out the way you’d hoped. You’re back to square one. Now what??? This last of five optimistic approaches to unfuddling your brain will help you figure it out. Martha Beck, Life Coach advises: If you make the wrong choice – Try Som’n Else. When you’re beset by too many “what ifs” in your life, Try Som’n Else. Right now, (or later if you must) take pen and paper, find a comfy, quiet place to sit and write, perhaps put some upbeat music on your i-Pod and start brainstorming as many “som’n else” ideas as you can think of. And remember, the secret to brainstorming is to write down EVERYTHING… even the bad ideas. Continue reading » What Next? – Part Five – Try Som’n Else
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Continued from Part 4
No matter how upbeat we try to be, we all have days when we feel discouraged. For me the past week has been a real challenge. You would think that a short week (I wrote this after Memorial Day week.) would make things easier, but in the end, the week felt like a failure. For some writers, just the act of writing helps them to feel better. For me that isn’t the case. As a matter of fact, when I started this post, I thought that I would probably just trash it because I didn’t see a way out of my discouragement.
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