Reviewing your journal could help you see the big picture happening in some of your relationships.
“People that operate from this space are often trying to prevent a familiar hurt that has led them to being guarded in the first place. Ultimately, we end up losing out on valuable connections due to our inability to be vulnerable.”
If you've been feeling you're so unhinged that you may need to see a therapist, well, first off, we both know you'll just have to "see" her on Zoom or Skype, second off, go ahead, because therapists are great, but thirdly, know that even some of the strangest mood swings are perfectly normal now
Maybe now, when you don't just have to go through the motions of things, when you have plenty of free time, and when you're not around anyone for whom you need to put on airs because you're not around anyone, you're coming to some realizations about your old life.
Only you will ever fully understand what a big deal it is when your Facebook business page reaches X amount of likes, or when that influencer reposts your article, or when that online store picks up your line of accessories. Friends and family outside of your industry will rarely understand how much work you put into that and what it means. So look to yourself for a pat on the back.
You probably have some issues in your life that need working out. Are you in the right relationship? The right job? Do you need to address that tension with your friend? The business of life has a way of putting these things on the backburner, but it’s important to confront them, and they’ll come up when you do nothing for a day.
He’s become increasingly sarcastic. He’s generally just very negative, but he masks it with jokes. He’s always ready with an underhanded comment about a person or a situation. Sarcasm is the best friend of a man with a chip on his shoulder. It’s a socially acceptable way to be very negative and have a bleak outlook.
If you aren’t facing everything in your own mind, then it’s easier for other people to manipulate you. The better you understand your own fears and insecurities, the less other people can prey on them.
Everyone has to compartmentalize at some point in life. If you get tragic news during your best friend’s wedding—on the happiest day of your best friend’s life—you’re not going to interrupt her first dance with her husband to cry to her. You’re going to put on a happy face, try to still take in some […]
I’ve got some unfortunate news for those of you who are emotionally guarded; it gets you nowhere. Well, correction; sometimes it gets you into some bad situations. Other than that, it gets you nowhere. In every area of life, there is no reward if there is no risk taken. So that could be why you […]