I am a perfectionist and have always had an utter disdain for failure. This has kept me from trying a lot of things in my life. Having finally accepted that failure is a requirement for a fulfilling and diversified life experience, I have created this year long project in an attempt to become comfortable with the idea of failing. This blog chronicles my journey with failure.
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Day 173: The Happiness Project
I read this book a couple of months ago, and I loved it. The year long project that the author started is the exact sort of thing I have been wanting to do for many years.
And yet, I have yet to actually start this project. I mean, I have all sorts of things that I would want to explore in an attempt to increase my happiness--improve my diet, my relationship with food, play instruments again, be creative again, journal more, etc.
I have a hard time discerning when my lack of motivation is due to my decades'-long struggle with depression or just pure laziness and lack of motivation. I usually assume it's the first one, and I give up on whatever it is/was that I wanted to try or do. There are many times that I have wanted to quit this year long project, my fail blog. I feel like I am failing at this project, that I'm not REALLY trying to fail.
Fail, don't fail, either way I'm not happy with myself.
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