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

[e4q.livejournal.com]

i make a list of the things that i think i should be doing, because they are probably things i actually *should* do at some point, rather than things i *could* do, then pick the thing that will give me greatest relief to have done, or else the thing that is easiest, do it, then feel like i have REALLY ACHIEVED something, and leave the rest for another day. the list gets done eventually, i don't feel like i *should* do more than one thing from it a day, but i MIGHT!

[firecat]

I like the "do one thing a day" guideline.

On days of high distractability, it takes most of the day to pick that one thing. :P

[e4q.livejournal.com]

well, sometimes i forget to do any of the things, but find i do something quite useful anyway. sometimes it's even something from the list!