Day 2 of 30 days of self-praise – do we just get too busy

There was no post reflecting on my second day of self-praise on the actual day. I’m playing catch-up. I just didn’t have time to reflect on this challenge or to write about what I had or hadn’t done about it.

Our daily trials and tribulations take our minds and focus away from what is often more important. I forgot the self-praise challenge I set myself.  And that’s on day two with 28 to go. Oh my!

But then I suppose it was also good that I forgot because I didn’t have time to run myself down either! Maybe there’s a lesson there. When we don’t have time for self-reflection we also don’t have time for self-criticism.

Maybe that is something to remember when we hit those periods of self-absorption and angst. We just have too much time to think and mull over stuff. It ends up being an opportunity to wallow around in all sorts of emotional stale bath water.

Once that sort of milling around in dark emotions takes hold it is incredibly difficult to get out of it and get back into a lighter side of life. Maybe a possible anti-depressent isn’t medication but action. Doing stuff, getting involved, joining society with whatever activity might amuse and entertain you.

Get too busy for emotional trauma. That might work a lot better than medication.