My new years resolution: to act upon my life more, to do rather than merely allow. See, I have a tendency to deal with unpleasantness by refusing to participate in it. Which can be useful,depending on the context, but for a whole lot of situations its a bad tactic. I end up engaging in addictive behaviors and withdrawing from all human contact rather than deal with the thing. Unhappy situations can be dragged out for years, because I *allow* them to go on, rather than choosing to *act upon* them. This is a mindset that has to go. It wont be easy. Im already sitting here on the couch talking about it rather than tackling the mess in the living room - which would be no big deal except that the clutter there is developing layers not unlike an archeological dig site. See? I allowed the mess rather than act upon it, because it makes me angry that Im the one expected to take responsibility for everyone elses stuff, and now we have layers rather than a livable living space. Its a mindset of empowerment vs powerlessness, and Ive seen the effects of passivity and a mindset that says, Its pointless to do anything about this anyway. But Ive got massive inertia to overcome, no matter what area I try to focus on right now. Still. Thats my resolution. A new mindset, and the outer changes that will accompany it. Wish me luck and please send encouragement. Im going to need them.
Posted on: Thu, 01 Jan 2015 20:32:13 +0000
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