It’s like an assault on the sense – set your goals, make your plans, vision it….and STOP! Breathe! When did we suddenly get this way. So I set some goals and plans about mid-December for the new year. I wanted to ease in slowly. Now I feel totally invaded and overwhelmed by the influx of emails, social media posts, etc… about how to have this amazing life I can have but not having currently.
What if I like my life the way it is?? Thanks.
Maybe we should try just being, rather than always be doing. With stress, anxiety and depression on the rise and perfectionism in the workplace also on the rise maybe we need to slow down and ask ourselves – is this really a healthy state to be in?
I have been taking courses now for over two years although I hold a couple of degrees and Masters (you’d think that would be enough) because we now have to be lifelong learners. Don’t get me wrong, I love learning and studying but there comes a time where you have to put it into practice. By continuously taking courses you more or less avoid this – it can even make you feel disempowered. So much information and knowledge in your head about what to do, how to do it and you are just paralysed by it. All you can think is maybe I need to do another course, maybe that one will help me take action.
*Drum roll* No it won’t. Only you can help you. Only you can take action.
“For most people, learning has become an escape from doing. Filling your head with useless information is the opposite of hard-won wisdom and understanding, which can only happen via the application of knowledge and re-application based on real world knowledge.” Benjamin Hardy
It’s more than imposter syndrome. It sits somewhere between that, procrastination and overwhelm. It will probably be different for everyone.