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On Mon, 07 Jul 2003 16:41:20 -0700, wrote:
On Tue, 08 Jul 2003 06:35:18 +1000, yuluwirri
<yuluwirri@hotmail.com> wrote:
<(((*> So, in a nutshell, these are my thoughts however my feelings are
<(((*> hitting home pretty hard. I really do feel like I have let myself
<(((*> down. Rarely do I finish anything that I start. I have had so many
<(((*> ideas and projects over the years of my depression that have remained
<(((*> half completed. It makes me feel very sad.
Hi Tara :)
So nice to talk with you again.
I went back to university after flunking out several years
earlier. Oh, I can identify with everything you're feeling.
It's not pleasant is it. :/
I know all about that failure feeling, too. Been there, done
that, forgot to buy the tee-shirt, oh ***** it.
Yep. Feck it for sure.
There is a way to break the failure cycle, though. Bite off
chunks that you can chew, and chew them until they can be
swallowed. By this I mean, find something that you can enjoy,
commit yourself to a short period, and finish the work that goes
with it.
This is sound advice. Actually, my doc was talking about this earlier
in the week.
In my case, I took a course at a local art centre, "Line and
Colour", which taught the rudiments of drawing and painting over
a ten-week period. At the end of the course, I entered one of my
paintings in the student show.
Oh excellent! I just know that I could stick to a 10 week period. This
is something that I could do!
Breaking things down into small chunks makes it easier to finish
each chunk, and sticking to things that you can and do enjoy
makes it easier to do them, and committing yourself to a short
time frame makes it easier to focus on finishing.
Wonderful. Well this is hopeful.
Some people use this technique (along with taking night classes)
to complete all the courses required for their university degree.
I will look into this more closely.
I don't think you're a failure. It's very difficult to see any
project through to completion. So you may as well do things that
you enjoy along the way. At least then it's all about the journey
and not the destination.
Tara, thank you for sharing this with me. I shall give it some thought
and see if there is a course that I might enjoy doing, over a shorter
period of time. Nothing grand, just something that I could get my
teeth into. Then, after I have completed that, perhaps as times goes
on, I may gain the confidence to do more and more.
((((((((((grace))))))))))
Again, thank you. :)
((((((((((((((((((Tara))))))))))))))))))))
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yuluwirri
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