More on Accomplishments
I first read it on the day of my double vaccine session, when I knew that the best course of action would be to step away from trying to accomplish anything and instead allow myself to mentally disconnect and heal. And, clearly, I was not doing that because I was reading this essay.
I put the post in a folder, signed off the computer, and came back it after I had let myself not accomplish anything but just take care of myself for the sake of taking care of myself that weekend.
We’ve been talking a lot about how it’s not time for accomplishments (thank you, Middle Girl’s commenter, 8thday), and maybe I need to hear the message in multiple ways to really hear it.
So you don’t need to choose between peace of mind and the thrill of pursuing ambitious goals. You just need to understand those goals less as vehicles to get you to a future place of sanity and good feeling, and more as things that unfold from an existing place of sanity and good feeling.
Very wise.
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I do really love this sentiment. Someone else said/wrote…we’re human BEINGS not human doings. I am generally a very lazy person. I think I only got through graduate school because I respected my professors and supervisors and wanted to meet their expectations and I usually did work at the very last minute. I vacillate between feeling guilty about this and accepting that this is just a result of hard working ancestors and luck
Thank you for sharing. I love this point of view.