Coping Mechanism
“I force myself to look at [a long writing project] every day, even for just 15 mins, so that it doesn’t become scary.” suzannescanlon.tumblr.com/post/324596811…
— Emily Books (@Emily_Books) October 15, 2012
I force myself to look at [the sink full of dirty dishes] every day, even for just 15 mins, so that it doesn’t become scary.
I force myself to look at [my impressive laundry pile] every day, even for just 15 mins, so that it doesn’t become scary.
I force myself to look at [1 hairy spider] every day, even for just 15 mins, so that it doesn’t become scary.
I force myself to look at [the clump of hair in the shower drain] every day, even for just 15 mins, so that it doesn’t become scary.
I force myself to look at [my account balances] every day, even for just 15 mins, so that it doesn’t become scary.
(I think this might work, actually).
This would drive me insane. It would also waste my entire day. Wouldn’t it be more productive to DO something for 15 minutes a day about the shit that is piling up in your life?
@MuffyStJohn Maybe think about all the things for a concurrent 15 minutes
@EvelynGarcia Time savey!
@EvelynGarcia Multi-taskey!
I do look at my account balances basically every day for exactly this reason. Though there are some other things I’ve been avoiding that I should look at for 15 minutes a day.
No hairy spider for ANY amount of minutes will lessen THAT fear.
I’ve started to do this with scary creative work, and I’m so relieved that someone else does. It works, somehow, just to regard it even when you’re not working on it – stops it becoming too scary, hunching on your hard drive like a gargoyle.