Re: Carrying a Guilt

[Rick Green – Founder of TotallyADD]

The other thing is I’ve learned about willpower is that I never have enough to do what needs doing. But I do have enough to do one small tiny thing. Like get up in mid-afternoon and take a 3 minute walk. That gives me some energy, some relief, a slight recharge… and lo and behold, enough will-power to do one more thing… they may look like tiny steps to the outside, but when I’m in the dumps, or stuck, they’re huge.

So many of us try, in our enthusiasm, to completely transform everything and go from stuck to soaring.

Doesn’t work.

Any more than you could go from out of shape to in shape in one huge massive exercise session.

I’ve never gotten myself out of being stuck by some big dramatic action or commitment or whatever. I would always fail and of course, create more guilt. More, “I should have…”

It’s just small steps, ones I know I can do, without worrying about the step beyond that, or the steps beyond those…

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