Not having a good day

[firecat]

When I get stressed in certain ways then I start getting a zillion messages per minute running through my head, all of which have the words "YOU SHOULD" in them.

If this happens to you too, how do you turn it off?


(There's no emergency. I just want to fix a bunch of things that I am not in a position to fix, although I might be able to influence them.)

Comments

[wired]

I write a list of things I feel need to get done, actual tasks, not amorphous categories. Then I set a "done criteria" -- if I get these three items done, I am done for the night, and I am off duty, and all those other things can just WAIT.

If I do not set a done criteria, I end up cleaning (it's almost always cleaning) until midnight, resentfully, and still feeling overwhelmed.

[firecat]

It's amazing what really doesn't need to get done, when I put my mind to that list.