General Discussion > Accountability and Motivation
Writing out the nonsense in my head.
Joseph41:
Never forgotten on AN, matey.
heids:
<3 thank you folks
With a full time job and life, I haven’t been able to do the rigorous regular yoga routine I used to. So I’ve got physically weaker/less competent, making it hard to be consistent.
It’s one of my deepest issues: that need for perfection. Performing imperfectly hurts SO ridiculously much that, unless I can be perfect, I tend to avoid trying. Intellectually, I know that you have to be bad at something lots and lots and lots of times over before you get better at it. But emotionally… regularly facing up to being shit at something is almost unbearable. And then I hate myself for feeling these irrational emotions. It doesn’t make sense that they’re so strong!
So my task for the next month: every day, without fail, I’ll put on a timer and do 10 minutes of yoga. If I feel like it, I do more; if not I stop and that is FINE.
That means facing up to being weak every day. Honestly, most of it will probably be breathing through tears and shame, every day.
It doesn’t have to be all or nothing. I don’t have to either be completely perfect or completely give up. I can do a little bit, consistently, and leave the rest for later. Later is an okay thing.
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