There are no perfect people. We are works in progress.
The one thing that connects us all is some failure.
That one time we snapped, shut down, or “got back” at someone doesn’t define us.
Take a moment and remind yourself that you love you.
It will get better if you let that happen.
We need to recharge because we are fighting a constant battle between our ideal selves and our critical selves.
Our ideal selves are superficial and binary. Thus, they don’t consider the consequences. It enjoys the thought of adulation from running the marathon without regard to the months of training it takes to get there or the pain of running one.
Our critical selves sit back and poke holes quietly in all the plans of the ideal self, waiting for us to just cancel things anyway.
Priorities can pacify both by giving us focus, letting the “critical self” take a back seat while getting close to the ideal self. It gives us a break.
Don’t feel guilty.
So, watch that episode and make it a priority to tackle just one thing.
From the desk of Adam Thomas 