I really want to be at the stage that certain things are easy, so easy that, if I can't do them today, it's noticeable. I'll walk away thinking "Well, it *was* pretty stupid to try to do that, feeling as crappy as I do today."
Your choice of "certain things" is quite arbitrary, though. I'm sure that there are lots of things that used to be more difficult that are now quite easy that are not on your list. I think we need to pay attention to things like that, too, because the tendency is to always choose difficult, arbitrary markers that make us feel like failures. (This is NOT a criticism of you; I am this way, and I think it's a common human trait.) I think we need to pay attention to where we were and where we are. Striving is important, but if it causes you to beat yourself up, it's a wrongness.
And I know that none of this is really news to you. I'm only saying it because sometimes you sound so focused on your goal that it seems that you are neglecting the process, when the process can be helpful to you.
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Date: 2007-05-18 12:49 pm (UTC)Your choice of "certain things" is quite arbitrary, though. I'm sure that there are lots of things that used to be more difficult that are now quite easy that are not on your list. I think we need to pay attention to things like that, too, because the tendency is to always choose difficult, arbitrary markers that make us feel like failures. (This is NOT a criticism of you; I am this way, and I think it's a common human trait.) I think we need to pay attention to where we were and where we are. Striving is important, but if it causes you to beat yourself up, it's a wrongness.
And I know that none of this is really news to you. I'm only saying it because sometimes you sound so focused on your goal that it seems that you are neglecting the process, when the process can be helpful to you.